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Lakkhanasutta 2.19: 26–27. Cattālīsaaviraḷadantalakkhaṇāni

Lakkhaṇasutta 2.19

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26–27. Cattālīsaaviraḷadantalakkhaṇāni

2.19.1

“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.

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2.19.2

pisuṇaṃ vācaṃ pahāya pisuṇāya vācāya paṭivirato ahosi. Ito sutvā na amutra akkhātā imesaṃ bhedāya, amutra vā sutvā na imesaṃ akkhātā amūsaṃ bhedāya, iti bhinnānaṃ vā sandhātā, sahitānaṃ vā anuppadātā, samaggārāmo samaggarato samagganandī samaggakaraṇiṃ vācaṃ bhāsitā ahosi.

He refrained from backbiting. He didn’t repeat in one place what he heard in another so as to divide people against each other. Instead, he reconciled those who were divided and support those who are united, delighting in harmony, loving harmony, speaking words that promote harmony.

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2.19.3

So tassa kammassa kaṭattā …pe…

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

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2.19.4

so tato cuto itthattaṃ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati.

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

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2.19.5

Cattālīsadanto ca hoti aviraḷadanto ca.

he has forty teeth, and his teeth have no gaps.

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