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Then King Pasenadi of Kosala, entered the monastery, fell with his head at the feet of the Blessed One, kissed the feet of the Blessed One with his mouth, massaged them with his hands, and announced his name – "I am King Pasenadi of Kosala, venerable sir; I am King Pasenadi of Kosala, venerable sir." "What purpose, great king, do you see, that you perform such supreme homage to this body, and offer such a gift of affection?" "Seeing, venerable sir, your gratitude and appreciation, I perform such supreme homage to the Blessed One, and offer this gift of affection." "For the Blessed One, venerable sir, is committed to the welfare of many, to the happiness of many, and has established many people in the noble method, that is, in wholesome conduct, in skillful conduct. And because, venerable sir, the Blessed One is committed to the welfare of many, to the happiness of many, and has established many people in the noble method, that is, in wholesome conduct, in skillful conduct, seeing this purpose, venerable sir, I perform such supreme homage to the Blessed One, and offer this gift of affection." "Furthermore, venerable sir, the Blessed One is virtuous, of mature virtue, of noble virtue, of skillful virtue..." He is endowed with wholesome virtue. And because, venerable sir, the Blessed One is virtuous, of mature virtue, of noble virtue, of wholesome virtue, endowed with wholesome virtue, for this reason too, venerable sir, seeing this benefit, I offer such supreme reverence to the Blessed One, I present this gift of loving-kindness. Furthermore, venerable sir, the Blessed One has long been a forest dweller, he resorts to remote forest and wilderness abodes. And because, venerable sir, the Blessed One has long been a forest dweller, he resorts to remote forest and wilderness abodes, for this reason too, venerable sir, seeing this benefit, I offer such supreme reverence to the Blessed One, I present this gift of loving-kindness. Furthermore, venerable sir, the Blessed One is content with any robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicinal requisites for the sick. And because, venerable sir, the Blessed One is content with any robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicinal requisites for the sick, for this reason too, venerable sir, seeing this benefit, I offer such supreme reverence to the Blessed One, I present this gift of loving-kindness. Furthermore, venerable sir, the Blessed One is worthy of offerings, worthy of hospitality, worthy of gifts, worthy of reverential salutation, an unsurpassed field of merit for the world. And because, venerable sir, the Blessed One is worthy of offerings, worthy of hospitality, worthy of gifts, worthy of reverential salutation, an unsurpassed field of merit for the world, for this reason too, venerable sir, seeing this benefit, I offer such supreme reverence to the Blessed One, I present this gift of loving-kindness. Furthermore, venerable sir, the Blessed One, at will, without difficulty, without trouble, obtains that talk which is conducive to effacement, to opening the mind, namely: talk on fewness of wishes, talk on contentment, talk on seclusion, talk on non-entanglement, talk on the arousal of energy, talk on virtue, talk on concentration, talk on wisdom, talk on liberation, talk on the knowledge and vision of liberation. And because, venerable sir, the Blessed One, at will, without difficulty, without trouble, obtains that talk which is conducive to effacement, to opening the mind, namely: —talk on having few wishes… …talk on knowledge and vision of liberation, of such talk, the Blessed One is a ready recipient, an unhindered recipient, an unburdened recipient. This too, indeed, venerable sir, seeing this benefit, I show such supreme reverence to the Blessed One, I offer a gift of loving-kindness. ‘‘Again, moreover, venerable sir, the Blessed One is a ready recipient, an unhindered recipient, an unburdened recipient of the four jhānas, which are of the higher mind, a pleasant abiding in this very life. That too, venerable sir, that the Blessed One is a ready recipient, an unhindered recipient, an unburdened recipient of the four jhānas, which are of the higher mind, a pleasant abiding in this very life, this too, indeed, venerable sir, seeing this benefit, I show such supreme reverence to the Blessed One, I offer a gift of loving-kindness. ‘‘Again, moreover, venerable sir, the Blessed One recollects his manifold past existences, namely— one birth, two births, three births, four births, five births, ten births, twenty births, thirty births, forty births, fifty births, a hundred births, a thousand births, a hundred thousand births, many eons of cosmic contraction, many eons of cosmic expansion, many eons of cosmic contraction and expansion— ‘There I was of such a name, of such a clan, of such a color, of such a food, experiencing such pleasure and pain, with such a lifespan. Passing away from there, I arose yonder. There too I was of such a name, of such a clan, of such a color, of such a food, experiencing such pleasure and pain, with such a lifespan. Passing away from there, I arose here.’ Thus, with its aspects and details, he recollects his manifold past existences. That too, venerable sir, that the Blessed One recollects his manifold past existences, namely— one birth, two births… …thus, with its aspects and details, he recollects his manifold past existences, this too, indeed, venerable sir, seeing this benefit, I show such supreme reverence to the Blessed One, I offer a gift of loving-kindness. ‘‘Again, moreover, venerable sir, the Blessed One with the divine eye With the purified divine eye, surpassing human sight, he sees beings passing away and reappearing, lowly and exalted, fair and ugly, in good destinations and bad destinations; he understands beings according to their deeds: ‘Indeed, these venerable beings, endowed with misconduct in body, endowed with misconduct in speech, endowed with misconduct in mind, revilers of the noble ones, holding wrong views, undertaking actions based on wrong views, they, at the breaking up of the body, after death, have reappeared in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a downfall, hell. Or these venerable beings, endowed with good conduct in body, endowed with good conduct in speech, endowed with good conduct in mind, not revilers of the noble ones, holding right views, undertaking actions based on right views, they, at the breaking up of the body, after death, have reappeared in a good destination, a heavenly world.’ Thus, with the purified divine eye, surpassing human sight, he sees beings passing away and reappearing, lowly and exalted, fair and ugly, in good destinations and bad destinations; he understands beings according to their deeds. And because, venerable sir, the Blessed One, with the purified divine eye, surpassing human sight, sees beings passing away and reappearing, lowly and exalted, fair and ugly, in good destinations and bad destinations, and understands beings according to their deeds, seeing this benefit, venerable sir, I pay such supreme homage to the Blessed One, I offer this gift of loving-kindness. Furthermore, venerable sir, the Blessed One, through the destruction of the taints, dwells having realized for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind, liberation through wisdom. And because, venerable sir, the Blessed One, through the destruction of the taints, dwells having realized for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind, liberation through wisdom, seeing this benefit, venerable sir, I pay such supreme homage to the Blessed One, I offer this gift of loving-kindness. Now then, venerable sir, we shall depart. We have much to do, many duties. ‘Do now, great king, as you think fit.’ Then King Pasenadi of Kosala, rising from his seat, having saluted the Blessed One, and circumambulated him clockwise, departed. The Tenth. The Great Chapter, the Third. Its Summary – Lion's Roar, by body, By Cunda and by Kasiṇa; And Kāḷī, two great problems, By the Kosalans, the other two.