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Summary Of: AngulimalaAngulimala chases Gautama Buddha... Angulimala chases Gautama Buddha... such as Angulimala being placed under an oath by a jealous teacher... indicated that Angulimala would become a robber... Angulimala was sent to... thinking that Angulimala would be killed in the course of seeking this grisly prize... states that Angulimala was required to fetch 1... that Angulimala had slain 999 victims... If Angulimala encountered his mother instead... Angulimala first saw his mother who came to warn him of the impending arrival of the... But although Angulimala was running as fast as he could... This bewildered Angulimala so much that he called to the Buddha to stop... and that it was Angulimala who should stop... Angulimala asked for further explanation... and that Angulimala was still harming and hurting living beings... Angulimala changed his ways... would respond if he were to discover that Angulimala had given up the life of a highwayman and become a monk... The Buddha then revealed that Angulimala sat only a few feet away... Angulimala came across a young woman undergoing a difficult labor... The Buddha told Angulimala to go to the woman and say... Angulimala pointed out that it would be untrue for him to say this... After Angulimala delivered this benediction... This helped Angulimala focus his mind on his basic meditation subject... Angulimala managed to return to the monastery... The Buddha encouraged Angulimala to bear his torment with equanimity... he indicated that Angulimala was experiencing the fruits of the karma that would otherwise have condemned him to hell... Angulimala experienced physical suffering during the course of his last life... Angulimala remained firm and invulnerable in mind and heart... Even though Angulimala had repented and was enlightened... has postulated that the story of Angulimala may represent an encounter between the Buddha and a follower of an early form of... it would establish the Angulimala Sutta as likely being the earliest known documentation of tantric practices in South Asia... that the director omitted commentarial information that depicted Angulimala as a hapless victim of the actions of others... peace activist Satish Kumar retold the story of Angulimala in his short book...Encyclodia Page On: Angulimala
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