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1. Of Auspiciousness
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Obeisance to Arahantas ( embodied spiritually perfect personalities). Obeisance to Siddhas (disembodied spiritually perfect souls). Obeisance to Acāryas (propagators of ethico-spiritual values). Obeisance to Upadhyāyas (teachers of ethico-spiritual values). Obeisance to all the Sädhus (pious personalities) in the world. This five-fold obeisance is the destroyer of all the vices and (so) among all the (types of) auspiciousness (this) becomes the fore-most auspiciousness. Arahantas are auspicious. Siddhas are auspicious, Sädhus are auspicious. Dharma ( ethico-spiritual values ) preached by the omniscient is auspicious. Arahantas are excellent in the world. Siddhas are excellent in the world. Sädhus are excellent in the world. Dharma (ethico- spiritual values) preached by omniscient is excellent in the world. I resort to the shelter of Arahantas. I resort to the shelter of Siddhas. I resort to the shelter of Sadhus. I resort to the shelter of the Dharma (ethico-spiritual values) preached by the omniscient. Meditate on the five holy teachers(spriritual pillars) who are permeated with spiritual energy, who are auspicious, who are the shelters in the four grades of existence, who have adorned the world, who are the supreme objects of devotion, and who have been adored by the human and celestial beings along with the Vidyādharas ( human beings moving in the sky by means of supernormal powers).
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Samaņasuttam-Vol. I
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