Motif
Miracle compels reluctant kin to bow
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Saintly Miracle and Holy Power. 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 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 7117-7218 confidence: high
Because the Sākyas view Siddhattha as younger kin, they plan for youths to bow; the Blessed One perceives this, enters an ecstasy depending on wisdom, rises into the air, and performs a miracle like the double miracle at the Gaṇḍamba-tree.
The Sākyas initially withhold reverence, but after the king witnesses the miracle and bows, all Sākyas bow before the Blessed One.
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