A Wheel-Turning Monarch

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5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch

A Wheel-Turning Monarch

“Mendicants, when a Wheel-Turning Monarch appears seven treasures appear.

What seven?

The wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander.

When a Wheel-Turning Monarch appears these seven treasures appear.

When a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha appears the seven treasures of the awakening factors appear.

What seven?

The treasures of the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.

When a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha appears these seven treasures of the awakening factors appear.”