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Angulimala 55: The Buddha instructs Angulimala Thera to recite Saccakiriya SuttaBUDDHISM: After discussing the plight of the pregnant mother, the Enlightened One taught Angulimala Thera a short Paritta Sutta and requested him to return to the village and recite it aloud to her and the unborn baby.
The Buddha instructed Angulimala Thera to wish the expectant mother well and pray for the safety of her unborn baby through Saccakiriya, that is, through the power of the asseveration of his personal purity. He was to assert the Truth of his personal purity by reciting with intense concentration of mind and utmost Saddha, the Paritta Sutta the Enlightened One had just taught him. Angulimala Thera initially doubted whether he could undertake the assertion the Buddha had taught. He confessed to the Enlightened One his sense of guilt over the countless murders of people he had committed before his ordination into the Bhikkhu Order. He told the Buddha that by asserting he had never deprived a living being of life, he would be committing falsehood. He submitted, "Enlightened Master, everyone knows that I have, in the past, intentionally deprived many innocent people of life. |
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