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Lakkhanasutta 1.3

Lakkhaṇasutta 1.3

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Pāli

1.3.1

Imāni kho tāni, bhikkhave, dvattiṃsa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.

These are the thirty-two marks of a great man. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other.

The Marks of a Great Man

1.3.2

Sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī …pe…

1.3.3

sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati, arahaṃ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.

1.3.4

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dvattiṃsa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni bāhirakāpi isayo dhārenti, no ca kho te jānanti:

Seers who are outsiders remember these marks, but they do not know

The Marks of a Great Man

1.3.5

‘imassa kammassa kaṭattā idaṃ lakkhaṇaṃ paṭilabhatī’ti.

the specific deeds performed in the past to obtain each mark.

The Marks of a Great Man

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