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Show the law, O Lord; show it, O most high of men! Show the power of thy kindness; save the tormented beings. Rare is the light of the world like the blossom of the glomerated fig-tree. Thou hast arisen, O great Hero; we pray to thee, the TathΔgata.
Source Lotus of the True Law, Chapter 7, Β§8 Β· π Read the full passage
β¨ To meditate on today
According to the Lotus of the True Law, Brahma-angels, gods, implore the Buddha to teach and to save beings from misfortune, for one who illumines the world is as rare as the blossom of the Udumbara, a fig-tree whose flower, tradition says, almost never appears. Today, regard each opportunity to do good as a rare chance, and seize one: give concrete help to someone going through a hard time.
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