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Lakkhanasutta 2.13: 23. Uṇhīsasīsalakkhaṇaṃ

Lakkhaṇasutta 2.13

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23. Uṇhīsasīsalakkhaṇaṃ

2.13.1

“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

2.13.2

bahujanapubbaṅgamo ahosi kusalesu dhammesu bahujanapāmokkho kāyasucarite vacīsucarite manosucarite dānasaṃvibhāge sīlasamādāne uposathupavāse matteyyatāya petteyyatāya sāmaññatāya brahmaññatāya kule jeṭṭhāpacāyitāya aññataraññataresu ca adhikusalesu dhammesu.

He was the leader and forerunner of people in skillful behaviors such as good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, giving and sharing, taking precepts, observing the sabbath, paying due respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the elders in the family, and various other things pertaining to skillful behaviors.

The Marks of a Great Man

2.13.3

So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…

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

The Marks of a Great Man

2.13.4

so tato cuto itthattaṃ āgato samāno imaṃ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ paṭilabhati—

When he came back to this place he obtained this mark:

The Marks of a Great Man

2.13.5

uṇhīsasīso hoti.

the crown of his head is like a turban.

The Marks of a Great Man

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