མ་ག་དྷ་བཟང་མའ་རྟགས་པ་བརྗད་པ 5

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“This one is known as Ājñātakauṇḍinya. He is arriving first since he was the first to realize that there is no self after the Blessed One first turned the wheel of Dharma.”³³

Then the elder Mahākāśyapa made his entrance from the sky above, having magically created a great rocky mountain covered with hundreds of variegated trees and various forms of birds, lushly carpeted with a diversity of flowers, and beautified by manifold rivulets.

The master of the house saw that and asked, “Sumāgadhā, is this your teacher?”

She replied, “This one who now arrives is known as Mahākāśyapa. The Blessed One pronounced him chief among the preachers for his abiding in ascetic practices. He gave up nine hundred ninety-nine pairs of oxen and abandoned, like spittle in the dust, Kapilabhadrā, the most beautiful woman in the land,³⁴ and great wealth and much gold, and went forth and became a renunciant.”

Next, the venerable Śāriputra, having magically created a lion chariot, made his entrance in the sky above using his miraculous power.

The master of the house saw that and asked, “Sumāgadhā, is this one who arrives in a lion chariot your teacher?”

She replied, “This is the monk known as Śāriputra. The Blessed One pronounced him chief among those endowed with wisdom. As soon as he entered his mother’s womb, he was victorious over all those who engage in of debate throughout the entire world. He who arrives in the lion chariot is the second teacher, the second supreme one, the Dharma chief who subsequently turns the wheel of Dharma.”

Right after that, the venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana, having magically created a king of elephants that was like the elephant Airāvaṇa, made his entrance in the sky above using his miraculous power.

The master of the house saw that and asked Sumāgadhā, “Is this one who arrives on an elephant that is like Airāvaṇa, the king of elephants, your teacher?”

She replied, “This is the monk known as Mahāmaudgalyāyana. The Blessed One