Miscellaneous Topics – 2349
are the blessings,” which gives rise to a tumult crying out: “They say they are the
blessings!” Such a tumultuous utterance is called an uproar over the blessings
(
maṅgala-kolāhala
). Suddhāvāsa Brahmas, knowing in advance that the Buddha
will give a discourse on the blessings and being aware of the thought of people
who yearn for the truth about the blessings, roam about public roads and
highways and cry aloud to human beings at all places, twelve years before the
Buddha’s delivery of the Discourse of the Blessings (
Maṅgala-sutta
, Khp 5, Snp
2.4): “Friends, twelve years from today, the Buddha will teach what are the
blessings!” The uproar of the multitude caused by such loud cries is known as the
uproar over the blessings (
maṅgala-kolāhala
).
5. The uproar caused by someone wanting to know about moral perfection
(
moneyya-kolāhala
).
The uproar concerning the ascetic practice of moral perfection is called an
uproar over moral perfection (
moneyya-kolāhala
).
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Suddhāvāsa Brahmas,
knowing in advance that a monastic in the human world will approach the
Buddha to ask about moral perfection, similarly roam about public roads and
highways and cry aloud to human beings in all places, seven years before the
Buddha’s teaching: “Friends, seven years from today, a monastic will approach
the Buddha and ask about moral perfection (
moneyya
)!” The uproar of the
multitude caused by such loud cries is known as the uproar over moral
perfection (
moneyya-kolāhala
).
These are the five uproars (
kolāhala
). Explanations of these five are given in the
commentaries on the Chronicles of the Buddhas (
Buddha-vaṁsa
), Birth Stories
(
Jātaka
), the Thematic Discourses about King Kosala (
Kosala-saṁyutta
, SN 3),
the Supplementary Readings (
Khuddaka-pāṭha
), the Anthology of Discourses
(
Sutta-nipāta
) and also in the Ornaments of the Victor (
Jinālaṅkāra
).
The Five Auguries
Five auguries (
pubba-nimitta
) signal the approaching death of the Devas.
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The five auguries are:
1. The withering of celestial flowers.
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An elaboration on the moral perfection (
moneyya
) practice is made in the section on
Ven. Nālaka, see chapter 11.