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| − | nine unpleasant events (九惱). During His life the Buddha endured nine unpleasant events: | + | nine [[unpleasant]] events (九惱). During His [[life]] the [[Buddha]] endured nine [[unpleasant]] events: |
| − | (1) did ascetic practices for six years; | + | (1) did [[ascetic]] practices for six years; |
| − | (2) was slandered by a woman called Sundarī; | + | (2) was slandered by a woman called [[Sundarī]]; |
(3) was pierced in the foot by a wooden lance; | (3) was pierced in the foot by a wooden lance; | ||
| − | (4) ate horse’s wheat together with five hundred Arhats during their three months’ stay in Vairañjā, a city in the kingdom of Kauśala, at the invitation of a Brahmin called Agnidatta; (5) suffered headaches when the Śākya clan was annihilated by King Virūdhaka’s army; | + | (4) ate horse’s wheat together with five hundred [[Arhats]] during their three months’ stay in Vairañjā, a city in the kingdom of Kauśala, at the invitation of a [[Brahmin]] called [[Agnidatta]]; |
| − | (6) begged for food in a Brahmin village and returned empty-handed; | + | |
| + | (5) [[suffered]] headaches when the Śākya clan was annihilated by [[King]] Virūdhaka’s {{Wiki|army}}; | ||
| + | (6) begged for [[food]] in a [[Brahmin]] village and returned empty-handed; | ||
(7) was slandered by a woman called Ciñcā-Mānavika; | (7) was slandered by a woman called Ciñcā-Mānavika; | ||
| − | (8) was hit in the toe by a sliver of the rock pushed down at Him by Devadatta; | + | (8) was hit in the toe by a sliver of the rock pushed down at Him by [[Devadatta]]; |
(9) asked for more clothing while in the woods for eight nights in freezing cold. | (9) asked for more clothing while in the woods for eight nights in freezing cold. | ||
| − | Though beyond karma and its requital, to teach sentient beings cause and effect, the Buddha reveals the causes of these nine events by telling stories of His past lives. | + | Though beyond [[karma]] and its requital, to teach [[sentient beings]] [[cause and effect]], the [[Buddha]] reveals the [[causes]] of these nine events by telling stories of His past [[lives]]. |
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Latest revision as of 10:41, 22 April 2014
nine unpleasant events (九惱). During His life the Buddha endured nine unpleasant events:
(1) did ascetic practices for six years;
(2) was slandered by a woman called Sundarī;
(3) was pierced in the foot by a wooden lance;
(4) ate horse’s wheat together with five hundred Arhats during their three months’ stay in Vairañjā, a city in the kingdom of Kauśala, at the invitation of a Brahmin called Agnidatta;
(5) suffered headaches when the Śākya clan was annihilated by King Virūdhaka’s army;
(6) begged for food in a Brahmin village and returned empty-handed;
(7) was slandered by a woman called Ciñcā-Mānavika;
(8) was hit in the toe by a sliver of the rock pushed down at Him by Devadatta;
(9) asked for more clothing while in the woods for eight nights in freezing cold.
Though beyond karma and its requital, to teach sentient beings cause and effect, the Buddha reveals the causes of these nine events by telling stories of His past lives.
