Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Cosmic rejoicing and renewal at awakening

cosmic_rejoicing_and_renewal_at_awakening

A motif of the Theophany and Divine Manifestation 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 6477-6591 confidence: high

    As he realizes the twelvefold Chain of Causation, the ten thousand world-systems quake twelve times; at daybreak he attains complete Enlightenment and the world-systems become festive and glorious.

    At enlightenment the world-systems quake, become glorious, produce flowers and fruit, fill dark hells with light, sweeten ocean waters, halt rivers, heal congenital impairments, and loosen bonds.

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