ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ 26.18

26.18

replied.

“What is this ‘Blessed One’?” the lame young man asked.

“At the foot of the Himalayas, not far from the hermitage of the sage Kapila, a child was born to the Śākyas,” they explained. “The brahmin sign tellers and augurs predicted, ‘If he remains here at home, he will become a universal monarch, but if he shaves his head and face and dons the colorful religious robes, and if with nothing short of perfect faith he goes forth from home to live as a mendicant, then he will be renowned throughout the world as a tathāgata, an arhat, a totally and completely awakened buddha.’ ”

As soon as the young brahmin heard this, he was eager to meet the Blessed One. Accompanied by the great crowd he went to the garden of Prince Jeta, where the Blessed One sat teaching the Dharma amid a company of hundreds.

Young Paṅgu saw the Blessed One from a distance. His body, graced and resplendent with the thirty-two signs of a great person, looked like it was on fire, like flames stoked with ghee, like a lamp set in a golden vessel, and like a pillar adorned with all manner of jewels. He was immaculate, clear-minded, and pure of heart. When he saw the Blessed Buddha the sight of him filled him with supreme joy, for beings who have gathered the roots of virtue to see a buddha for the first time experience such rapture as is not to be had even by those who practice calm abiding meditation for twelve years.

After seeing him he descended from the palanquin in reverence toward the Buddha, crawled on four limbs before the Blessed One, touched his head to the Blessed One’s feet, and sat before him to listen to the Dharma.