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khã and took his seat with his monks. Said Visakhā with a great surprise,
"Truly praiseworthy is the great power of the Tathāgata. The whole township is flooded upto the knee, or even upto the waist, but not a single monk of the order has his legs or cloth drenched in rain water". i
With great joy in her mind, Visakhā served food to the Buddha and his monks and fed them. When the Buddha had finished his meal, she sat in one corder and made following submission:
"'Bhante ! Please permit me to seek some boons from thee".
- "But you know, Visakhā, the Tathāgata is far away from boon".
- "Bhante ! What I ask for are permitted and free from fault of any kind".
Being permitted by the Buddha she made the following submission,
1.
For the rest of my life, please permit me to offer bathing suits to the monks for their use during the rainy season.
For the rest of my life, please permit me to feed the newly arrived monks.
For the rest of my life, please permit me to feed the outgoing monks. For the rest of my life, please permit me to feed the ailing monks.
For the rest of my life, please permit me to feed the people who would take care of the ailing monk (i. e., nurses).
6.
For the rest of my life, please permit me to supply medicine in the ailing monks.
