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Lesson 1.2.2 Puggalavaggo - The Two Rare Individuals
Puggalavaggo presents some additional details about the two individuals who arise ‘for the sake and benefit of the well-being of many folk, and not for any other reason’. These two individuals are a tathāgata and a rājā cakkavattī (a wheel turning monarch), a ruler or an administrative government, that reigns for the welfare of its citizens. The Introduction highlights some of the guiding principles of such a king and also refers to the great example of King Asoka.