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Bodhisatta;
(3) the deaf also gained hearing;
(4) the dumb also gained the ability to speak;
(5) the deformed also became normal;
(6) the lame also gained the ability to walk;
(7) the imprisoned and the fettered (with handcuffs, chains, etc., for confinement)
become free of all bondages;
(8) fires in every hell became extinguished;
(9) those suffering in the woeful state of
petas
were relieved of thirst and hunger;
(10) animals became free from danger;
(11) all beings afflicted with diseases were cured;
(12) all beings spoke endearingly to one another;
(13) horses neighed gleefully, in a sweet and pleasant manner;
(14) elephants trumpeted in a sweet and pleasant manner;
(15) all musical instruments, such as cymbals, harps, trumpets, etc., produced their
normal sounds without being played;
(16) ornaments, such as bracelets, anklets, etc., worn by human beings tinkled without
striking one another;
(17) open spaces and sceneries in all directions became distinct and clear;
(18) soft breeze blew gently, bringing peace and comfort to all living beings;
(19) unseasonal rain fell heavily, (although it was not the raining season, heavy rain
fell roaringly);
(20) subterranean waters oozed out of earth and flowed away in this and that
directions;
(21) no birds flew in the sky (at that moment birds did not fly in the air at all);
(22) river waters that normally flowed continuously ceased to flow "as a frightened
servant stops moving at the shout of his master";
(23) natural salty water in the ocean became sweet at that moment;
(24) all directions were covered with five kinds of lotus in three colours, (all lakes
and ponds had their water surface covered with five kinds of lotus);
(25) all aquatic and terrestrial flowers blossomed simultaneously;
(26) flowers on tree trunks (
khandha
paduma
) bloomed exquisitely;
(27) flowers on branches (
sÈkhÈ paduma
) bloomed exquisitely;
(28) flowers on creepers (
latÈ paduma
) bloomed exquisitely:
(29) inflorescent flowers (
daÓÉa paduma
), sprouting all over the land, appeared in
seven tiers after breaking through stone slabs;
(30) celestial lotus flowers dangled earthwards;
(31) lowers rained down continuously in the environs;
(32) celestial musical instruments made sound of music automatically.
These thirty-two great prophetic phenomena can also be called the Thirty-two Great
Wonders. The Thirty-two Wonders, which were mentioned in the Chapter on the Chronicle
of the Twenty-Four Buddhas, were these thirty-two great prophetic phenomena.
The entire ten thousand world-systems, being adorned with such great prophetic
phenomena, appeared resplendent like a huge ball of flowers, or like a large bouquet
massively made or a vast bed of flowers spread layer upon layer. The air around was laden
with fragrance as though this were caused by the gentle movement of a yak-tail fly-flap.
(Note on the Thirty-two wonders is mentioned in the AnudÊpanÊ of Chapter 1.)