Angulimala - 59:

Happy grandmother presents new-born baby to Angulimala Thera

BUDDHISM: The grandmother proudly presented the new-born baby girl to Angulimala Thera to bless. He was so relieved that both the mother and child were safe.

He was delighted to see the innocent little girl. He happily anointed her with Pirith Water and invoked the Blessings of the Noble Triple Gem for her good health and protection. He then blessed the new-born baby “Sukhi Hotu”.

The whole family was elated. They all knew that without a doubt, it was the spiritual powers impacted through Angulimala Thera’s assertion of Saccakiriya of his ‘noble spiritual birth’ that brought back the mother, who was virtually on the brink of death.

The family members and neighbours who had gathered at the house paid their reverence to him in the traditional Buddhist way for what they considered was a miracle he had just performed. They showered him with flowers as well as praised and thanked him profusely.

Ever so grateful were they for his compassion to the mother and her unborn baby. One by one, they knelt at his feet and paid reverence to his spiritual purity and noble bearing. But Angulimala Thera was not affected by all this attention, praises and profound adulation.

He understood that he had merely carried out the Buddha’s instructions. It was his deep faith in the Enlightened One that had brought about the happy turn of events.

To be continued

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