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12. With Kesi

Inspiring

“Bhikkhus, a faithful gentleman should go to see these four inspiring places. What four?

Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One was born!’—that is an inspiring place.

Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One became awakened as a supreme fully awakened Buddha!’—that is an inspiring place.

Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One rolled forth the supreme Wheel of Dhamma!’—that is an inspiring place.

Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One became fully extinguished in the element of Nibbana, with nothing left over!’—that is an inspiring place.

These are the four inspiring places that a faithful gentleman should go to see.”