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210 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
wished at first to kill Buddha, they were restrained by their wives ; and, listening to these words of love, they also were converted.
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And then he added these lines.
“There are eleven advantages which attend the man who practices mercifulness, and is tender to all that lives.
“His body is always in health (happy); he is blessed with peaceful sleep, and when engaged in study he is also composed.”
“He has no evil dreams, he is protected by Heaven (Devas) and loved by man ; he is unmolested by poisonous things, and escapes the violence of war; he is unharmed by fire or water.
“He is successful wherever he lives, and when dead goes to the Heaven of Brahma. These are the eleven.”
Having uttered these words, both men and women were admitted into the company of his disciples, and obtained rest.