Motif
Former act produces present miracle
former_act_produces_present_miracle
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 END OF THE STORY OF THE THOROUGHBRED. / END OF THE STORY OF THE FORD. / END OF THE STORY ON CONSTANCY. / END OF THE STORY OF THE BULL WHO WON THE BET.; lines 12321-12478 confidence: high
The Teacher says the fire goes out there through the power of a former act of his, and that no fire will burn on that spot through the whole kalpa.
The Teacher states that the fire’s stopping is due not to present power but to a former act, and that the miracle endures through a kalpa.
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