Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Cosmic and natural omens at incarnation

cosmic_and_natural_omens_at_incarnation

A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


buddhist

  • Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5243-5330 confidence: high

    When the future Buddha becomes incarnate, the constituent elements of the ten thousand world-systems quake, tremble, and are violently shaken; the Thirty-two Good Omens appear, including immeasurable light.

    The moment of incarnation is accompanied by quaking world-systems, immeasurable light, healings, release from bonds, altered fire and water, spontaneous sound, flowers, lotuses, and clustering worlds.

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