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(
indriya-paro-pariyatti-ñāṇa
). He saw the 30 million followers who had become
recluses together with him and who were endowed with the merits of their past
deeds, which were conducive to attainment of the paths, fruitions and Nibbāna.
Reflecting on their present whereabouts, he saw them in Sudassana Park near
the city of Subhavatī. He immediately appeared in the Park by his psychic power.
Being surrounded by the 30 million recluses, he taught the Dhamma Wheel
(
Dhamma-cakka
) discourse amidst the audience of Devas and humans. On that
occasion, thousands of millions of beings realized the four truths and attained
liberation.
2. At another time, when he had performed the twin miracles near an Indian
Laurel (
Asana
) tree, close to Osadhi city, sitting on the emerald stone slab under
it, he caused the rain of Abhidhamma to fall for the three months of the Rains
Retreat (
Vassa
). Then 800 million beings penetrated the four truths and attained
liberation.
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3. Still at a later time, when the Buddha gave an analytical discourse with regard
to the blessings (
Maṅgala-sutta
), 780 million beings attained liberation through
gaining knowledge of the four noble truths.
Three Occasions of the Disciples’ Meeting
1. There were also meetings of Buddha Anomadassī’s disciples. In the first
meeting, Buddha Anomadassī recited the Monastic Rules (
Pātimokkha
) in the
midst of 800,000 Arahats, who had already become summoned monastics out of
great faith, at the time when he taught the Dhamma to King Isidatta in the city
of Soreyya.
2. Again, when the Buddha was teaching King Sundarindhara
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in the city of
Rādhavatī, he recited the Rules in the midst of 700,000 Arahats who had already
become summoned monastics out of faith.
3. Still again, the Buddha uttered the Monastic Rules in the midst of 600,000
Arahats, who had already become summoned monastics, together with King
Soreyya in the city of the same name.
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Alternatively: Madhurindhara.