Dharmasangraha, Dharmas 81-100

81. There are four factors of faith, they are:

{1} Noble truth(s),
{2} three jewel(s),
{3} deeds,
{4} and deeds and fruit.

82. There are nine succeeding attainments of concentration, they are:

{1-4} The four absorptions,
{5-8} the four formless attainments,
{9} and the attainment of cessation.

83. There are thirty-two marks of a great man, they are:

{1} Wheels on his palms and soles,
{2} palms and soles well-placed,
{3} fingers, palms and soles bound with nets,
{4} hands and soles that are soft and tender,
{5} seven prominent marks,
{6} long fingers,
{7} heels that are long and deep,
{8} upright limbs,
{9} high ankles,
{10} bristling hair,
{11} antelope-like calves,
{12} arms that hang low,
{13} what is covered by a cloth is ensheathed,
{14} golden in colour,
{15} fine skin,
{16} each hair arises singly and turns to the right,
{17} a circle of hair decorates his forehead,
{18} a torso like a lion’s,
{19} upper back that is even all round,
{20} between the shoulders it is firm,
{21} his taste buds are supremely sensitive,
{22} his (body) is well-proportioned like a banyan tree,
{23} he has a protuberance on the head,
{24} his tongue is large,
{25} his jaw is like a lion’s,
{26} his jaw is fine,
{27} his forty teeth are even,
{28} a gait like that of a goose,
{29} the teeth are without gaps,
{30} the forty teeth are even,
{31} the eyes are very dark,
{32} and the eyes have eyelashes like a cow’s.

84. There are eighty secondary characteristics, they are:

{1} Copper-coloured nails,
{2} glossy nails,
{3} prominent nails,
{4} round fingers,
{5} firm fingers,
{6} regular fingers,
{7} hidden veins,
{8} unhindered veins,
{9} hidden ankles,
{10} even feet,
{11} a gait like that of a lion,
{12} a gait like that of an elephant,
{13} a gait like that of a goose,
{14} a gait like that of a bull,
{15} a respectful stride,
{16} a beautiful stride,
{17} straight limbs,
{18} rounded limbs,
{19} pleasant limbs,
{20} regular limbs,
{21} pure limbs,
{22} soft limbs,
{23} purified limbs,
{24} fulsome genitals,
{25} broad, beautiful knees,
{26} an even step,
{27} purified limbs,
{28} delicate limbs,
{29} noble limbs,
{30} upright limbs,
{31} a deep belly,
{32} clear limbs,
{33} well-proportioned minor limbs,
{34} a pure luminescence that dispels the darkness,
{35} a rounded belly,
{36} a pleasant belly,
{37} a straight belly,
{38} a slim belly,
{39} a deep navel,
{40} a navel that turns to the right,
{41} (an appearance) that is pleasant on all sides,
{42} pure behaviour,
{43} limbs that are free of moles,
{44} hands that are soft as cotton,
{45} glossy palms of the hands,
{46} deep palms of the hands,
{47} long palms of the hands,
{48} a not overly-long face,
{49} a lovely appearance and lips,
{50} a soft tongue,
{51} a slim tongue,
{52} a red-coloured tongue,
{53} a voice that sounds like thunder,
{54} a voice that is sweet, charming and lovely,
{55} rounded eye-teeth,
{56} sharp eye-teeth,
{57} fine eye-teeth,
{58} even eye-teeth,
{59} regular eye-teeth,
{60} a long nose,
{61} a clean nose,
{62} wide eyes,
{63} thick eyelashes,
{64} having eyes like the black and white lotus,
{65} long brows,
{66} fine brows,
{67} very glossy brows,
{68} having full and long arms,
{69} even ears,
{70} unimpaired ear faculty,
{71} unfaded forehead,
{72} spacious forehead,
{73} a very complete head,
{74} hair of the head that is like a black bee (in colour),
{75} beautiful hair,
{76} thick hair,
{77} unconfused hair of the head,
{78} smooth hair of the head,
{79} fragrant hair of the head,
{80} and the curl of hair, pearl, and diagram marks on palms and soles.

85. There are seven jewels of Universal Monarchs, they are:

{1} The wheel jewel,
{2} the horse jewel,
{3} the elephant jewel,
{4} the gem jewel,
{5} the woman jewel,
{6} the rhinoceros jewel, This is normally given as ghapatiratnam, the householder jewel.
{7} and the advisor jewel.

86. Herein, there are three times, they are:

{1} Past time,
{2} future time,
{3} and present time.

87. There are four aeons, they are:

{1} An intervalic aeon,
{2} a great aeon,
{3} an empty aeon,
{4} and an essential aeon.

88. There are four ages, they are:

{1} The accomplished age,
{2} the threefold-life {age},
{3} the twofold {-life age},
{4} and the dark age. SED: The duration of each (yuga) is said to be respectively 1,728,000, 1,296,000, 864,000, and 432,000 years of men, the descending numbers representing a similar physical and moral deterioration of men in each age.

89. There are a pair of worlds, they are:

{1} The world of beings,
{2} and the inanimate world.

90. There are four wombs, they are:

{1} Egg-born,
{2} moisture-born,
{3} viviparous,
{4} and spontaneously-born.

91. There are five stains, they are:

{1} The stain of defilements,
{2} the stain of views,
{3} the stain on beings,
{4} the stain of age,
{5} and the stain of practice.

92. There are three comprehensions, they are:

{1} Comprehension of the beginning time,
{2} comprehension of the end time,
{3} comprehension of the time having four destroyers.

93. There are ten knowledges, they are:

{1} Knowledge of suffering,
{2} knowledge of arising,
{3} knowledge of cessation,
{4} knowledge of path,
{5} knowledge of dharma,
{6} knowledge of conformity,
{7} knowledge of the concealed,
{8} knowledge of others’ minds,
{9} knowledge of destruction,
{10} and knowledge of non-production.

94. There are five knowledges, they are:

{1} Mirror-like (knowledge),
{2} (knowledge) of equality,
{3} (knowledge) of reflection,
{4} (knowledge) of performance,
{5} and knowledge of the very pure dharma element.

95. There are two truths, they are:

{1} Conventional truth,
{2} and ultimate truth.

96. There are sixteen marks of being receptive to knowledge regarding the four noble truths, they are:

{1} being receptive to the dharma knowledge of suffering,
{2} the dharma knowledge of suffering,
{3} being receptive to the conformity knowledge of suffering,
{4} the conformity knowledge of suffering;
{5} being receptive to the dharma knowledge of arising,
{6} the dharma knowledge of arising,
{7} being receptive to the conformity knowledge of arising,
{8} the conformity knowledge of arising;
{9} being receptive to the dharma knowledge of cessation,
{10} the knowledge of cessation,
{11} being receptive to the conformity knowledge of cessation,
{12} the conformity knowledge of cessation;
{13} being receptive to the dharma knowledge of the path,
{14} the dharma knowledge of the path,
{15} being receptive to the conformity knowledge of the path,
{16} and the conformity knowledge of the path.

97. Herein, there are four aspects in the truth of suffering, they are:

{1} Relating to impermanence,
{2} relating to suffering,
{3} relating to emptiness,
{4} and relating to no-self.

98. There are four aspects in the truth of arising, they are:

{1} Relating to cause,
{2} relating to arising,
{3} relating to birth,
{4} and relating to conditions.

99. There are four aspects in the truth of cessation, they are:

{1} Relating to cessation,
{2} relating to peace,
{3} relating to performance,
{4} and relating to escape.

100. There are four aspects in the truth of the path, they are:

{1} Relating to the path,
{2} relating to method,
{3} relating to practice,
{4} and relating to leading out.