Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.100

v2.c36.100

in the fifth he advocates the conquest of anger by kindness; in the sixth kindness to animals; in the seventh he denounces trickery, even towards enemies; and in the ninth he preaches courtesy and honour towards the wise. In the eleventh are described the seven life-long habits which raised him to his present eminent position; twelve and thirteen repeat this and explain his titles. In the fourteenth Sakka explains how new gods, who outshine the old ones, do so because they have observed the Buddha's teaching. In the fifteenth he describes as the most beautiful spot that where arahants dwell; in the sixteenth he praises gifts to the Order¹⁷; in the seventeenth he praises the Buddha, but is told by Sahampati that he has selected the wrong attributes for praise. In eighteen to twenty he says that whereas brahmins and nobles on earth and the gods of the Cātummahārājika-world and of Tāvatiṃsa worship him, he himself worships good men and arahants. Numbers twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-four and twenty-five are against anger, and twenty-three is against deceit.