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Lakkhanasutta 2.10: 21–22. Abhinīlanettagopakhumalakkhaṇāni

Lakkhaṇasutta 2.10

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21–22. Abhinīlanettagopakhumalakkhaṇāni

2.10.1

“Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṃ jātiṃ purimaṃ bhavaṃ purimaṃ niketaṃ pubbe manussabhūto samāno

“Mendicants, in some past lives the Realized One was reborn as a human being.

The Marks of a Great Man

2.10.2

na ca visaṭaṃ, na ca visāci, na ca pana viceyya pekkhitā, ujuṃ tathā pasaṭamujumano, piyacakkhunā bahujanaṃ udikkhitā ahosi.

When looking at others he didn’t glare, look askance, or avert his eyes. Being straightforward, he reached out to others with straightforward intentions, looking at people with kindly eyes.

The Marks of a Great Man

2.10.3

So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…

Due to performing those deeds he was reborn in a heavenly realm.

The Marks of a Great Man

2.10.4

so tato cuto itthattaṃ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.

When he came back to this place he obtained these two marks:

The Marks of a Great Man

2.10.5

Abhinīlanetto ca hoti gopakhumo ca.

his eyes are indigo, and he has eyelashes like a cow’s.

The Marks of a Great Man

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