THE GREAT CHRONICLE OF BUDDHAS
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become a Perfectly Self-Enlightened One.
May those virtuous people, who are desirous of seeking merit and knowledge; who, with
abiding faith, have established a firm foundation of refuge in the Buddha
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, the Dhamma
and the Sangha; and who are properly and uprightly cultivating the threefold practice of
morality (
sÊla
), concentration (
samÈdhi
) and insight (
paÒÒÈ
) – may they easily attain the
Path, Fruition and NibbÈna.
evolution of a
Bodhisatta
. We shall see more about it when we come to the story of Sumedha.
9. Here the author adds an adjectival clause reading "whose supremacy in the three worlds is like the
ruby-studded pinnacle of a palace." The three worlds here are the three realms of sensuality
(
kÈma
), materiality (
r|pa
) and immateriality (
ar|pa
). The first corresponds to the realm of five
senses, comprising the four woeful states (
apÈya
), the human world and the six celestial worlds.
The material and immaterial worlds belong to the Brahmas.