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Lakkhanasutta 2.16: 24–25. Ekekalomatāuṇṇālakkhaṇāni

Lakkhaṇasutta 2.16

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24–25. Ekekalomatāuṇṇālakkhaṇāni

2.16.1

“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

2.16.2

musāvādaṃ pahāya musāvādā paṭivirato ahosi, saccavādī saccasandho theto paccayiko avisaṃvādako lokassa.

He refrained from lying. He spoke the truth and stuck to the truth. He was honest and dependable, and didn’t trick the world with his words.

The Marks of a Great Man

2.16.3

So tassa kammassa kaṭattā upacitattā …pe…

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

The Marks of a Great Man

2.16.4

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

2.16.5

Ekekalomo ca hoti, uṇṇā ca bhamukantare jātā hoti odātā mudutūlasannibhā.

his hairs grow one per pore, and between his eyebrows there grows a tuft, soft and white like cotton-wool.

The Marks of a Great Man

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