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CHAPTER VI.
1883 the castoromost (foremost) in all virtuons actions, the source of all goodness." While he advanced, the beantiful, white, wide-extendied umbrella and the auspicious chámaras, advanced nlong with him in the sky, and where he set his font theru sprouted forth lotusos. In this way he next advanced seven steps towards the south, saying, "I shall be worthy of reward (lukshiniya) froin gods and men." Towards the west he advanced seven steps, and, stopping like a lion at the seventh stry, with a cheeung vice declarel, “I am ile oldest on the carth: I am the noblest on the earth; this is av wextern or last).birth; I shall bring to an end all birth decay, death and pain." lle advarsel seven steps towards tho north, and said, “I shall be subsequenreless (without a Durth) among all creation." He advanced seven steps downwards, and said, "I sball destroy Mára and his army: 1 shall shower on hell the rain of the cloud of the great religion, and hlow out the tire of the nether rogivus, so that they may be restored to happiness." Ile avanced seven steps upwards, and, casting his look above, said, " I shall be the observed of all who livo above." There were the words that were said by the Bodhisattva.
At that time the three thousand great thousand regions learnt well from this voice that this was the knowledge of things produced by the naturation of the works of the Bodhisattva.
When the Bodhisattva is born for the last time and when he acquire3 the sequenceless absolute Bodhi,then with reference to bin these and the like iniracles become manifest.20 Then, 0 Bhikshus, all beings wore horripilated with delight. Then frightful, horripiloting, extensive earthquakes took placo. Then superhuman celestial clarions sonuded without being blown by any one. Then trees of every seasou bore flowers and fruits in the threo thousand great thousand regious. Clear rolling sounds of the clouds were heard under the eky. The Devas slowly showered down from the cloudless sky small particles of rain. Delightful, mild, tran grant breeze loaded with many kinds of flowers, apparels, orna ments, and aromatic powders circulated everywhere. Froe from Darkness, dust, smoke and fog all the sides sparkled dolightfully,
