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such a jewel of a horse appears. Again, moreover, monks, to a Wheel-turning King, a jewel of a gem appears. That gem is beryl, beautiful, of excellent origin, eight-faceted, perfectly cut. And the radiance of that jewel of a gem, monks, spreads for a league all around. Once upon a time, monks, a Wheel-turning King, testing that very jewel of a gem, assembled his fourfold army, placed the gem on the banner-top, and set out in the deep darkness of night. And those villages all around, monks, engaged in their work by that light, thinking it was day. To a Wheel-turning King, monks, such a jewel of a gem appears. Again, moreover, monks, to a Wheel-turning King, a jewel of a woman appears. She is beautiful, lovely, charming, endowed with supreme beauty of complexion; not too tall, not too short, not too thin, not too stout, not too dark, not too pale; surpassing human beauty, yet not attaining divine beauty. And the bodily touch of that jewel of a woman, monks, is like that of a cotton tuft or a silk-cotton tuft. And the limbs of that jewel of a woman, monks, are warm in the cold, and cool in the heat. And that, monks, From the body of the woman-gem the scent of sandalwood wafts, from her mouth the scent of a blue lotus wafts. That woman-gem, monks, is one who rises before the Wheel-turning Monarch, and retires after him, one who does what is pleasing, one who acts agreeably, one who speaks kindly. That woman-gem, monks, does not transgress the Wheel-turning Monarch even in thought, how much less with her body? Such a woman-gem, monks, appears to the Wheel-turning Monarch. And further, monks, to the Wheel-turning Monarch a householder-gem appears. To him appears a divine eye, born of the result of kamma, with which he sees treasures, both with owners and without owners. He approaches the Wheel-turning Monarch and says this: "Be free from care, sire. I will do for you what needs to be done with wealth." It happened once, monks, that the Wheel-turning Monarch, testing that very householder-gem, boarded a boat, and having gone into the middle of the current of the river Ganges, said to the householder-gem: "I need gold and silver, householder." "Then, great king, let the boat approach one bank." "I need gold and silver right here, householder." Then, monks, that householder-gem, having plunged his hands into the water, raised a pot full of gold and silver, and said to the Wheel-turning Monarch: "Enough of this, great king! This much has been done, great king! This much has been offered, great king!" The Wheel-turning Monarch said: "Enough of this, householder! This much has been done, householder! This much has been offered, householder!" Such a householder-gem, monks, appears to the Wheel-turning Monarch. And further, monks, to the Wheel-turning Monarch a guide-gem appears – wise, skilled, intelligent, capable of guiding the Wheel-turning Monarch in what should be guided, to remove what should be removed, to place what should be placed. He approaches the Wheel-turning Monarch and says this: ‘Be free from care, O king. I will instruct.’ To the Wheel-turning Monarch, monks, such a Chief General Gem appears. The Wheel-turning Monarch, monks, is endowed with these seven gems. 259. “With which four powers? Here, monks, the Wheel-turning Monarch is handsome, good to look at, pleasing, endowed with supreme beauty of complexion, far surpassing other humans. The Wheel-turning Monarch, monks, is endowed with this first power. “Furthermore, monks, the Wheel-turning Monarch is long-lived, long-enduring, far surpassing other humans. The Wheel-turning Monarch, monks, is endowed with this second power. “Furthermore, monks, the Wheel-turning Monarch is free from illness, free from affliction, endowed with a balanced digestion, neither too cold nor too hot, far surpassing other humans. The Wheel-turning Monarch, monks, is endowed with this third power. “Furthermore, monks, the Wheel-turning Monarch is dear and pleasing to brahmins and householders. Just as, monks, a father is dear and pleasing to his children, even so, monks, the Wheel-turning Monarch is dear and pleasing to brahmins and householders. And to the Wheel-turning Monarch, monks, brahmins and householders are dear and pleasing. Just as, monks, children are dear and pleasing to a father, even so, monks, to the Wheel-turning Monarch brahmins and householders are dear and pleasing. “Once upon a time, monks, the Wheel-turning Monarch went out to the pleasure garden with his fourfold army. Then, monks, the brahmins and householders approached the Wheel-turning Monarch and said this: ‘Go slowly, O king, so that we may see you longer.’ The king And, monks, the Wheel-turning Monarch addressed his charioteer – ‘Without hurrying, charioteer, drive, so that the brahmins and householders may see me for a longer time.’ The king, monks, the Wheel-turning Monarch, is endowed with this fourth power. The king, monks, the Wheel-turning Monarch, is endowed with these four powers. ‘What do you think, monks? Would the Wheel-turning Monarch, endowed with these seven treasures and these four powers, experience happiness and joy on account of them?’ ‘Even with one treasure, venerable sir, the Wheel-turning Monarch, endowed with it, would experience happiness and joy on account of it. What then to speak of seven treasures and four powers?’ Then the Blessed One, taking a small stone the size of his palm, addressed the monks: ‘What do you think, monks? Which is greater: this small stone the size of my palm that I have taken, or the Himālaya, the king of mountains?’ ‘This small stone the size of your palm, venerable sir, that the Blessed One has taken, is trifling. Compared to the Himālaya, the king of mountains, it does not count as a fraction, it does not count as a particle, it does not count as a comparison.’ ‘Even so, monks, the happiness and joy that the Wheel-turning Monarch, endowed with seven treasures and four powers, experiences on account of them, compared to heavenly happiness, it does not count as a fraction, it does not count as a particle, it does not count as a comparison.’ ‘That wise person, monks, if ever, at some time, after a long period, comes to human existence, is reborn in such a family as those high families – a wealthy warrior family, or a wealthy brahmin family, or a wealthy householder family – a family that is rich, with great wealth, with great possessions, with abundant gold and silver, with abundant means and implements, with abundant grain and produce. And he is handsome, good-looking, pleasing. endowed with supreme beauty of complexion, a recipient of food, drink, clothing, vehicles, garlands, perfumes, ointments, beds, dwellings, and lamps. He performs good conduct in body, he performs good conduct in speech, he performs good conduct in mind. Having performed good conduct in body, having performed good conduct in speech, having performed good conduct in mind, at the breaking up of the body, after death, he reappears in a good destination, a heavenly world. Just as, monks, a dice-player might acquire a great mass of wealth with the very first throw of the dice; insignificant, monks, is that throw of the dice by which that dice-player might acquire a great mass of wealth with the very first throw of the dice. But this is a greater throw of the dice by which that wise person, having performed good conduct in body, having performed good conduct in speech, having performed good conduct in mind, at the breaking up of the body, after death, reappears in a good destination, a heavenly world. This, monks, is the complete, full stage of the wise.” This the Blessed One said. Delighted, those monks rejoiced in the Blessed One’s words. The Discourse on the Fool and the Wise is finished, the ninth. 10. The Discourse on the Divine Messengers 261. Thus have I heard – On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling in Sāvatthī, in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. There the Blessed One addressed the monks – “Monks!” “Venerable sir,” those monks replied to the Blessed One. The Blessed One said this – “Just as, monks, two houses with doors, a clear-sighted man standing in the middle might see people entering the house, and leaving, and walking about, and moving around; even so, monks, with the divine eye, purified and surpassing human, I see beings passing away and reappearing, inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in good destinations and bad destinations, I discern beings according to their karma – ‘Indeed, these venerable beings are endowed with good conduct in body, with good conduct in speech, endowed with good conduct of mind, not revilers of the noble ones, of right view, undertaking actions of right view; they, at the breaking up of the body, after death, are reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world. Or again, these beings, sirs, endowed with good conduct of body, endowed with good conduct of speech, endowed with good conduct of mind, not revilers of the noble ones, of right view, undertaking actions of right view; they, at the breaking up of the body, after death, are reborn among humans. Indeed, these beings, sirs, endowed with bad conduct of body, endowed with bad conduct of speech, endowed with bad conduct of mind, revilers of the noble ones, of wrong view, undertaking actions of wrong view; they, at the breaking up of the body, after death, are reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts. Or again, these beings, sirs, endowed with bad conduct of body, endowed with bad conduct of speech, endowed with bad conduct of mind, revilers of the noble ones, of wrong view, undertaking actions of wrong view; they, at the breaking up of the body, after death, are reborn in the animal realm. Or again, these beings, sirs, endowed with bad conduct of body, endowed with bad conduct of speech, endowed with bad conduct of mind, revilers of the noble ones, of wrong view, undertaking actions of wrong view;