Dialogues of the Buddha, Part II — trans. T. W. and C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1910)

1 And again, 0 Sariputra, when those rows of palm trees and strings of bells in that Buddha country are moved by the wind, a sweet and enrapturing sound proceeds from them. Yes, O Sariputra, as from a heavenly musical instrument consisting of a hundred thousand kotis of sounds, when played by Aryas, a sweet and enrapturing sound proceeds; a sweet and enrapturing sound proceeds from those rows of palm trees and strings of bells moved by the wind.

' And when the men there hear that sound, reflection on Buddha arises in their body, reflection on the Law, reflection on the Assembly.'

Compare also below, § 32, and Jataka I, 32.

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drink, they used to dance round together to the sound of those palms when shaken by the wind.'

7. ' The Great King of Glory, Ananda, was the possessor of Seven Precious Things, and was gifted with Four Marvellous Powers.

' What are those seven ?

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1 ' In the first place, Ananda, when the Great King of Glory, on the Sabbath day 2, on the day of the full moon, had purified himself, and had gone up into the upper story of his palace to keep the sacred day, there then appeared to him the heavenly Treasure of the Wheel,3 with its nave, its tire, and all its thousand spokes complete.

4 When he beheld it the Great King of Glory thought : —

1 " This saying have I heard, ' When a king of the warrior raCe, an anointed king, has purified himself on the Sabbath day, on the day of the full moon, and has gone up into the upper story of his palace to keep the sacred day ; if there appear to him the heavenly Treasure of the Wheel, with its nave, its tire, and all its thousand spokes complete — that king becomes a king of kings invincible.' May I, then, become a king of king-s invincible4."

8. ' Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory rose from his seat, and reverently uncovering from one shoulder his robe, he held in his left hand a pitcher, and with his right hand he sprinkled water up over the Wheel, as he said : —

' " Roll onward, O my lord, the Wheel ! O my lord, go forth and overcome ! "

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' Then the wondrous Wheel, Ananda, rolled onwards

' The following enumeration is found word for word in several other Pali Suttas, and occurs also, in almost identical terms, in the Lalita Vistara (Calcutta edition, pp. 14-19).

2 Uposatha, a weekly sacred day ; being full-moon day, new-moon day, and the two equidistant intermediate days. Comp. § 12.

;! This is the disk of the sun.

4 A king of the rolling wheel.

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towards the region of the East, and after it went the Great King of Glory, and with him his army, horses, and chariots, and elephants, and men. [173] And in whatever place, Ananda, the Wheel stopped, there the Great King of Glory took up his abode, and with him his army, horses, and chariots, and elephants, and men.

9. ' Then, Ananda, all the rival kings in the region of the East came to the Great King of Glory and said : —

' " Come, O mighty king ! Welcome, O mighty king! All is thine, O mighty king! Do thou, O mighty king, be a Teacher to us ! "

'Thus spake the Great King of Glory : — " Ye shall slay no living thing. Ye shall not take that which has not been given. Ye shall not act wrongly touching the bodily desires. Ye shall speak no lie. Ye shall drink no maddening drink. Ye shall eat as ye have eaten V

' Then, Ananda, all the rival kings in the region of the East became subject unto the Great King of Glory.

10. ' But the wondrous Wheel, Ananda, having plunged down into the great waters in the East, rose up out again, and rolled onward to the region of the South [and there all happened as had happened in the region of the East. And in like manner the wondrous Wheel rolled onward to the extremest boundary of the West and of the North ; and there, too, all happened as had happened in the region of the East J.