“All Arahants possess superb qualities within their hearts that are
most amazing – intrinsic virtues unsurpassed in the human and
deva worlds. Each Arahant who appears in the world following
the Lord Buddha does so only with the greatest of difficulty. Each
is like a gold mine cropping up spontaneously in the middle of
an emperor’s imperial city – a very rare occurrence indeed. An
Arahant’s lifestyle contrasts sharply with worldly lifestyles because
an Arahant’s life is invigorated by Dhamma. Although his body
is composed of the same physical elements as those of everyone
else, the heart maintaining that body is pure, and such purity of
heart invigorates every aspect of the physical element.
“You yourself have now completed the task of filtering from
your heart all possible causes of existence, thus becoming one of
the Arahants. Being one whose heart will never again give rise to
birth and existence, you have become another incomparable source
of merit for the world to venerate. So we’ve come to visit you now
to show our appreciation for your achievement, which because of
its enormous difficulty, is seldom accomplished. Although many
people desire to attain what you have, very few succeed when they
are faced with the difficulties. People born into this world instinc-
tively cling to their parents and relatives for support. Hardly any
of them realize the importance of relying on their own hearts as
their mainstay. The vast majority of people just drift aimlessly,
accomplishing nothing of real value – their numbers are beyond
reckoning. So the appearance in the world of a fully-enlightened
Arahant is a remarkable event that benefits living beings through-
out all the world systems. Your attainment of purity has made you
jacob rumans
(Jacob Rumans)
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