Motif
Lasting sacred exception to natural disaster
lasting_sacred_exception_to_natural_disaster
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Rescue and Protection. 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 12480-12610 confidence: medium
Before the Bodisat and his Act of Truth, the Element goes back sixteen rods and goes out at the spot, like a torch plunged into water; the place is called a kalpa-enduring miracle.
The spot where the Act of Truth occurred is said to have escaped being overwhelmed by fire throughout the kalpa and is called a kalpa-enduring miracle.
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