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AJITASENA-VYĀKARAŅAM
went back, thinking that she would not give alms to one shavenheaded. It was by this refusal that she was reborn in indigent circumstances and suffered immensely from poverty for 12,000 kalpas. But by one meritorious act, she received the Bodhivyakarana (i.e., the prophecy that she would become a Buddha). As she received it (by this gift), she would become after many ages the Tathāgata Nagaradhvaja, possessed of knowledge and good conduct, the controller of men, the knower of the world and the teacher of gods and men.' Then she circumambulated the Bhagavā thrice, and enquired as to the nature of the Buddhakṣetra she would have when she would become the Buddha. Bhagavā satisfied her curiosity. She became much pleased and was about to return to her house. At this moment, Bhagavā told her that she would die on the seventh day and would be reborn in the east in the country of Magadha as the son of king Ajitasena and this would be her last existence. He then left the city by the western gate and went back to his Jetavana hermitage.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Ananda once more appeared before Bhagavā and after saluting him and circumambulating him thrice, said in verses:
"O the great Being endowed with all the 32 signs of great men! When you go round for alms, you save all beings and establish them in happiness by the exercise of your maitribala (power of love), but what will happen when your religion will disappear after demise, and there will be none to remember the sutras." On hearing this Bhagavā asked him to strike the gong (gandi) and said that he would start on his round for alms in the company of the monks. Ananda being curious regarding the merits of hearing the sound of the gong asked Bhagavā about it. Bhagavā said:
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"Whoever hears the gong-sound, gets absolved from the five deadly sins (ānantaryāṇi kṛtyāni) and becomes a never-returning Bodhisattva destined to attain bodhi."
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