The Buddha Shines by Day and Night Divā tapati ādicco, rattimābhāti candimā Sannaddho khattiyo tapati, jhāyī tapati brāhmaṇo Atha sabbam ahorattiṃ, buddho tapati tejasā. The sun shines by day; the moon is radiant by night. Armoured shines the warrior king. Meditating the Saint shines. But all day and night the Buddha shines in glory. (Dhp 387) The Elder Ānanda’s Praise of the Buddha At the end of the Rains, just before the Invitation Ceremony, King Pasenadi arrived at the Vihāra dressed in his finest garments and jewellery bearing gifts. At that moment the sun was setting and the moon rising. The Elder Kāḷudāyī was sitting in jhāna. Looking at the king in all his glory, the radiant golden body of the Elder Kāḷudāyī, the setting sun, the rising moon, then at the Buddha, the Elder Ānanda remarked that the Buddha was the most radiant of all. The Buddha uttered the above verse, to acknowledge the Elder Ānanda’s observation. On the conclusion of the discourse, many in the audience attained Stream-winning.
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