[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Avadāna and jātaka literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana) › [Śrīguptasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra) › [འཕགས་པ་དཔལ་སྦས་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo) › [The Shrigupta Sutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000) › 15 # འཕགས་པ་དཔལ་སྦས་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད 15 The Śrīgupta Sūtra 15 - **Language:** English ### [15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.15) The Blessed One then delivered a Dharma discourse to the lay devotee and the crowd of beings that was instructive, encouraging, uplifting, and joyous. After the Blessed One had delivered the Dharma discourse that was instructive, encouraging, uplifting, and joyous, he continued on to the house of Śrīgupta. The crowd of people from the city of Rājagṛha thought, “What will happen? There is a pit at the main gate to Śrīgupta’s house.” The Blessed One then reached the deep fire pit, and set his golden-colored right foot upon it. As soon as the Blessed One had set his golden-colored right foot upon the fire pit, the fire in the pit died out, and it became a pool of lotuses, buzzing with bees. As soon as the Blessed One had set his golden-colored right foot upon the fire pit, the gods showered heavenly sandalwood powder over him, showering him repeatedly with it. They showered him with heavenly flowers, such as blue and white water lilies, red and white lotuses, and mandārava blossoms, showering him repeatedly with them. Divine music rang out, and heavenly cymbals played. Conches, large drums, and clay and metal drums resounded. The people of the great city of Rājagṛha were amazed and full of wonder. They let out a great roar of acclaim and the loud sounds of jubilation, laughter, astonishment, and elation. They even tossed clothes to the Blessed One. At that time Śrīgupta was standing on the roof of his house with Jñātiputra the Jain. Śrīgupta’s wife, who was inside the house, heard the roar and clamor erupting in Rājagṛha - [Previous: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.14) - [Next: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.16) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་དཔལ་སྦས་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo.15) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sriguptasutra*bo~en-84000.15) · Pramāṇa