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sical peace will enable me to enjoy bliss, and bliss will help my mind in attaining concentration. These chain reactions will give me thought of my senses, thought of my power and thought of the bodhi-anga (which are seven, viz., smrti, dharma-vicaya, virya, priti, prakṣabdhi, samadhi and upekṣa). I think, I shall benefit in this manner from these boons".
The Tathāgata approved of her thoughts, praised her and granted her all the eight boons. Thereafter, the Buddha stood up from his seat and departed. Having reached the vihara, he called the monks in his presence and gave them permission about the eight items (29).
One day, Visakha came to the Buddha with a towel in her hand. She bowed before him and sat on one side. In offering the towel to the Buddha, she said,
The Buddha accepted the towel and delighted and inspired her by his sermons. After Visakha had gone, he called the monks in his presence and permitted them to accept a towel, it offered to clean dry their face(30).
Notes on Chapter Twelve
(1) Anguttara Nikaya, Ekakanipata, 14.
Bhagavati, S. 12, U.1.
ཅི ཆེ བརྒྱ ནྱ ࿄ ཕྱེ 8 ཋ
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(3)
Ibid.
Ibid.
Avasyaka curņi.
(6) Bhagavati, S. 15.
(4)
"Bhante!. Please accept this. This will give me perpetual peace and happiness".
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Samavayanga, Sū. 114-115.
Anguttara Nikāya, Ekakanipāta, 14.
Samyutta Nikaya, 39.1.11.
Also Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, Vol. 1, pp. 866.
