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reported the suffering of this poor woman to the Sakyamuni Buddha mentioned the fourth wife,
Buddha who advised him to recite the following who would accompany her husband after his
words of truth, which later came to be known as death. What does that mean? The fourth ‘wife’
Angulimala Paritta. Going to the presence of the is our mind [or Alaya consciousness]. When we
suffering woman, he sat on a seat separated from deeply observe and recognize that our minds are
her by a screen, and uttered these words: filled with anger, greed, and dissatisfaction, we
are having a good look at our lives. The anger,
Sister, since the day I became an arahat greed, and dissatisfaction are karma, the law of
I have not consciously destroyed causation. We cannot be separated from our own
The life of any living beings. karma. As the fourth wife told her dying husband,
By this truth, may you be well ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’”
And may your unborn child be well.
Instantly the woman delivered her child with ease.
Both the mother and chid were well and healthy.
Even today many resort to this paritta.
Angulimala liked living in solitude and in
seclusion. Later he passed away peacefully. As an
arahant, he attained parinibbana.

Other bhikkhus asked the Buddha where
Angulimala was reborn, and when the Blessed
One replied, my son Angulimala has attained
parinibbana, they could hardly believe it. So they
asked whether it was possible that such a man
who had in fact killed so many people could
have attained parinibbana. To this question,
the Buddha replied, “Bhikkhus, Angulimala had
done much evil because he did not have good
friends. But later, he hound good friends and
with their help and good advice he became
steadfast and mindful in practicing the dhamma
and meditation. Thus, his evil deeds have been
overwhelmed by good kamma and his mind has
been completely rid of all defilements.”

The Buddha said of Angulimala

“Whose evil deed is obscured by good,
he illumines this world like the
moon freed from a cloud.”
The power of love and compassion are stronger
than any evil, and are absolute conditions for
awakening.

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