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places: left and right, front and rear, above and below, because of the
clear and shining state of his blood and so on, which arose while
reflecting on the doctrine of the Causal Relations (
Paṭṭhāna
) which was
subtle like atomic particles. He is the Teacher who poured out his words
of advice from his cheerful, golden heart to those of the three worlds of
humans, Devas, and Brahmas.
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Nīlāyo nīlaṭṭhānehi pītodātā ca lohitā,
tamhā tamhā tu mājeṭṭhā nikkhamiṁsu pabhassarā.
From the blue-black parts of the Buddha’s physical body, such as the hair
and the pupil of the eye, emanated a blue-black radiance about the size of
a house or a mountain. Shining brightly, the radiance – that was somewhat
greyish, somewhat bluish and somewhat greenish like butterfly-peas, blue
lotus and blue collyrium – making the whole sky and the earth blue, or
like blue fans of rubies and cloths that were swinging gently and smoothly,
has been spreading since the day the Buddha reflected on the Causal
Relations (
Paṭṭhāna
) up till now.
From the yellow and golden parts of the Buddha’s person such as the skin,
emanated the yellow and golden radiance about the size of a house or a
mountain. Shining brightly, the radiance, that covered the ten directions,
making them all yellow like cloth of gold sprinkled with liquid gold and
spread out and placed in the vicinity, or like powders of saffron and
realgar and golden Kaṇikāra flowers filling up the sky, has been
spreading since the day the Buddha reflected on the Causal Relations
(
Paṭṭhāna
) up till now.
From the white parts of his body, such as the bones, the teeth and the
white portions of the eyes, emanated the white radiance about the size of
a house or a mountain. Shining brightly, the radiance, that is like a stream
of milk poured from a silver jar, or like a silver canopy completely
covering the sky, or like silver fans swinging gently and smoothly from
the high clouds in the sky, or like silvery jasmine, Maghya, white lotus,
jasmine (
sumana
) and Muggara mixed together, has been spreading since
the day the Buddha reflected on the Causal Relations (
Paṭṭhāna
) up till
now.
From the red parts of his body, such as the eyes, the flesh and the blood,
emanated the red radiance about the size of a house or a mountain.