Vv 21Low-Caste Woman’s Mansion
Pāli / Sanskrit:Caṇḍālivimānavatthu
The Supreme Buddha with utmost compassion helps a low caste woman before her death.
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– STORIES OF HEAVENLY MANSIONS
– A. HEAVENLY MANSIONS OF WOMEN
– THE CITTALATĀ CHAPTER
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BJT 193"Old woman of low caste, pay homage to the feet of the renowned Gotama. The Supreme Sage has stopped out of compassion for you yourself.
BJT 194Arouse faith in such an Arahant. Quickly fold your hands in reverence and pay homage—your life is brief."
BJT 195Encouraged by one whose own self was well cultivated, who was bearing his final body, the old woman of low caste paid homage to the feet of the renowned Gotama.
BJT 196Then a cow struck and killed that old woman of low caste while she stood with hands folded, paying homage to the Fully Enlightened One, the maker of light in the darkness.
BJT 197"O hero of great might, I have attained the divine power of the gods; I come and pay homage to you, whose taints are exhausted, whose dust has been cast away, who is free from desire, who sits alone in solitude in the forest."
BJT 198"Golden in complexion, radiant, of great renown, adorned with many colors, attended by a retinue of divine maidens, descended from a heavenly mansion—O beautiful goddess, who are you that pays homage to me?"
BJT 199"Venerable sir, I am the low-caste woman who was encouraged by you, by the hero. I paid homage to the feet of the renowned Arahant Gotama.
BJT 200I, having paid homage to those feet, departed from the lineage of the low caste, and was reborn in a heavenly mansion fair in every respect, in the Nandana garden.
BJT 201One hundred thousand divine maidens stand in attendance. Among them I am the most exalted, foremost in beauty, in renown, and in longevity.
BJT 202Venerable sir, having done many good deeds, with clear understanding and with mindfulness, I have come to pay homage to you, O wise one, compassionate toward the world."
BJT 203Having spoken these words, the low-caste woman, grateful and mindful of what had been done, paid homage to the feet of the Arahant, and then vanished right there on the spot.
The Heavenly Mansion of the Low-Caste Woman.
Translated by Bhikkhu Indacanda, 2011. Based on the Buddha Jayanthi edition of the Pali canon, as corrected by Bhikkhu Indacanda. Full text, translation, and notes are available at the translator's website: http://tamtangpaliviet.net/.
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