Vimanavatthu4.11

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4.11 HONOURING MANSION (49)

(Vandana-vimana)

The Bhagava(Lord Buddha) was staying at Savatthi. At that time several monks having spent. the rains at a certain village-residence and having" invited" at the close, passed through a certain village on their way to Savatthi to greet the Bhagava(Lord Buddha). There a certain woman met and saluted them with mind of faith & bliss and full of reverence and good will. She was reborn after death among the Thirty-three(heaven), and Maha-Moggallana interrogated her:

1 "You who stand with surpassing beauty, devata(angel), are making all the quarters(directions) shining like the healing star.

2 Because of what is your beauty such? Because of what do you prosper here, and there arise whatever are those delights that are dear to your heart?

3 I ask you, devi (angel) of great majesty, what merit did you perform when you were born a human being? Because of what is your brilliant majesty thus, and your beauty illumines all the quarters(directions)?"

4 That devata(angel), delighted at being questioned by Moggallana, when asked the question, explained of what deed this was the fruit(benefit).

5 "When I was born a human being among men, on seeing monks of high morality(celibacy), having honoured their feet with a devout mind and joyful, I raised my clasped hands to them.

6 Because of this is my beauty such. . . and my beauty illumines all the quarters(directions). "(As in I. 6,7. etc,)