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has gone forth in the world, not to retire before another teacher.' 1272
Thus the earth spirits shouted, the spirits of the air took up the strain, the Devas all joined in the hymn of praise, up to the highest Brahma heaven. 1273
The Devas of the triple world, now hearing what the great Rishi taught, in intercourse together spoke, •The widely-honoured Buddha moves the world! 1274
Wide-spread, for the sake of all that lives, he turns the wheel of the law of complete purity!' The stormy winds, the clouds, the mists, all disappeared; down from space the heavenly flowers descended; 1275
The Devas revelled in their joys celestial, filled with unutterable gladness. 1276
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