[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) › [Sumāgadhāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sumagadhavadana) › [མ་ག་དྷཱ་བཟང་མོའི་རྟོགས་པ་བརྗོད་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sumagadhavadana*bo) › [The Exemplary Tale of Sumagadha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sumagadhavadana*bo~en-84000) › 3 # མ་ག་དྷ་བཟང་མའ་རྟགས་པ་བརྗད་པ 3 The Exemplary Tale of Sumāgadhā 3 - **Language:** English ### [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sumagadhavadana*bo~en-84000.3) and tomorrow I will invite the Blessed One.” Sometime later they said, “The offerings of food have been prepared, so you should invite the Blessed One tomorrow.” Then Sumāgadhā climbed to the very top of the house. She folded her hands and paid homage in the direction of the Blessed One, recalled the good qualities of the Blessed One, and strewed flowers and made offerings²⁹ of incense. In order to invite the Blessed One, she sprinkled water from a golden vase.³⁰ Then she spoke these piteous words: “O Blessed One possessed of great compassion, like a wild animal I have come to this frontier, separated from the Three Jewels. Please care for me, and with your saṅgha of monks please come to this place!” And she spoke these words: “Your discipline pure, your wisdom spotless, Great śrāvakas with faithful hearts, Please care for me—I who am without a protector— And out of compassion come to this place.” Just then the flowers, incense, and water from the golden vase rose into the sky, and at that moment the Blessed One arose from his deep absorption and taught the Dharma to the fourfold assembly. The water from the golden vase came to rest before the Blessed One like a staff of beryl, the flowers rested like a pinnacled temple in the sky above the Blessed One, and the fragrant incense came to rest like heaps of clouds. Seeing this, the venerable Ānanda inquired of the Blessed One, “Blessed One, from whence does this invitation come?” The Blessed One replied, “Ānanda, it came 163 yojanas from the city of Puṇḍravardhana. Ānanda, as that city is held by non-Buddhists, we must go there with an extraordinary display of miraculous power. - [Previous: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sumagadhavadana*bo~en-84000.2) - [Next: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sumagadhavadana*bo~en-84000.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [མ་ག་དྷཱ་བཟང་མོའི་རྟོགས་པ་བརྗོད་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sumagadhavadana*bo.3) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sumagadhavadana*bo~en-84000.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.sumagadhavadana*bo~en-84000.3) · Pramāṇa