Miscellaneous Topics – 2347
enhanced the people’s sympathy towards the unfortunate prince. Those
who did not believe that the prince actually was killed entertained the
hope that he would reappear some day. But there has been no sign of the
return of the prince.
There are five uproars (
kolāhala
) in this world:
1. The uproar before the dissolution of the aeon (
kappa-kolāhala
).
The uproar that warns people of the dissolution of the world (
kappa-kolāhala
).
When the time for the destruction of the world is drawing near, the deities
named Lokavyūha of the Deva realm of sensual pleasures (
kāmāvacara-deva
),
wearing red garments, letting their hair down, wiping the tears off their faces,
roam in a distressed manner about roads and highways used by people and cry
aloud to human beings at all places, a hundred years ahead of the event:
“Friends, a hundred years from today, the world will dissolve! The great oceans
will dry up! The great earth, Mount Meru and all will burn and disintegrate if
the world is to be destroyed by fire; will be flooded and disintegrate if it is to be
destroyed by water; will expose itself to violent storms and disintegrate if it is to
be destroyed by the winds. There will be a destruction of the world extending
from this great earth with Mount Meru and the oceans up to the abode of the
Brahmas! Friends, develop loving-kindness (
mettā
), develop compassion
(
karuṇā
), develop altruistic joy (
muditā
), develop equanimity (
upekkhā
) which
are the conduct of Brahmas! Attend and serve your parents respectfully! Do
good deeds! Do not be careless!” The uproar of the multitude caused by such
loud cries is known as the uproar before the dissolution of the aeon (
kappa-
kolāhala
).
2. The uproar caused by the appearance of a Universal Monarch (
Cakka-
vatti-kolāhala
).
The uproar that arises in the world of human beings proclaiming that a
Universal Monarch will appear who rules over the human realm, including the
four great island-continents and their satellite smaller islands, 2,000 in all, is
called an uproar announcing a Universal Monarch (
Cakka-vatti-kolāhala
). The
guardian deities of the world (
loka-pāla
), those sense-realm (
kāmāvacara
) Devas,
knowing in advance of the appearance of a Universal Monarch, roam about
public roads and highways and cry aloud to human beings at all places, a
hundred years ahead of the event: “Friends, a hundred years from today, a
Universal Monarch will emerge in this world!” The uproar of the multitude