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these gems,—that is to say, the four Earnest Meditations, the fourfold Great Struggle, the four Roads to Iddhi, the five Moral Powers, the five Moral Senses, the seven kinds of Wisdom, and the noble eightfold Path. This is the seventh [of such qualities]
Just, О Bhikkhus, as the great ocean is the dwelling-place of mighty beings, among which are the Timi, the Timingala, the Timitimingala, the Asuras, the Nâgas, and the Gandhabbas; just as there are in the great ocean creatures so constituted that they stretch from one to five hundred leagues-just so, O Bhikkhus, is this doctrine and discipline the resort of mighty beings, among whom are he who has entered the First Path (the converted man, the Sotapanno) and he who has realised the fruit thereof, he who has entered the Second Path (the Sakadagamin) and he who has realised the fruit thereof, he who has entered the Third Path (the Anågâmin) and he who has realised the fruit thereof, the Arabat, and he who has realised the fruit of Arahatship. This is the eighth (of such qualities].
· These, O Bhikkhus, are the eight marvellous and wonderful qualities in this doctrine and discipline by the constant perception of which the Bhikkhus take delight therein.'
And the Blessed One, on perceiving that matter, gave forth at that time this ecstatic utterance:
The rain falls heavily on that which is covered, not upon that which is revealed.
Reveal, therefore, what thou hast concealed, and the rain shall touch thee not?'
This enigmatical saying amounts apparently to this: 'As a usual thing, no doubt, the rain falls not on that which is covered
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