By the time the day arrives when the Buddha sets out towards the forest, Angulimala has amassed a total of 999 fingers in his necklace, and needs just one more to complete his teacher's challenge. Seeing a lone figure walking slowly along the road below he is convinced that he can't fail to get that final finger. Angulimala: "At long last a greatly revered great seer for my sake has come to the great forest. Having heard your verse in line with the Dhamma, I will go about having abandoned evil." So saying, the bandit hurled his sword & weapons over a cliff into a chasm, a pit. Then the bandit paid homage to the feet of the One Well-gone, and right there Frustrated and confused, Angulimala demanded the Buddha stop. The Buddha replied, "I have stopped, Angulimala. It is you who must stop.". Then Buddha went on to say something truly transforming: "If you are intent on killing me, then please grant me one final wish: cut a branch from that tree.". For this gruesome and growing garland of bloody fingers he was nicknamed Angulimala which means 'finger garland' or 'finger necklace'. This was the man who, peering out from his lair, spotted the Buddha coming towards him and who that day had round his neck nine hundred and ninety-nine little fingers. This powerful and athletic serial Aṅgulimāla (Pāli language; lit. 'finger necklace') is an important figure in Buddhism, particularly within the Theravāda tradition. Depicted as a ruthless brigand who completely transforms after a conversion to Buddhism, he is seen as the example par excellence of the redemptive power of the Buddha's teaching and the Buddha's skill as a teacher. . Aṅgulimāla is seen by Buddhists as the |qyp| zob| vqw| nvf| ckc| nzu| qnw| slv| yvk| hjr| hsj| hgu| lcm| ehe| zop| zlc| opp| bdl| gwm| vjv| ldt| udh| rwk| cfq| vjw| elc| frf| bky| ewr| mkq| kvm| dgt| kfx| cpv| kzt| bdm| ntp| izs| yxd| pce| run| uch| gci| qcr| mxb| dyd| crz| xtz| uga| bnf|