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The Chronicle of the Buddha Maṅgala
1.
Having dispelled the darkness in the world, he held aloft the torch of the Teaching.
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Having overcome the radiance of the moon and sun, the ten-thousand world-system shines brightly.
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Those who, having drunk the flavour of truth, dispel the great darkness.
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There was the full realisation of the teaching for a hundred thousand koṭis.
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Then of a thousand koṭis, was the second occasion.
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Then the Perfectly Enlightened One beat the drum of the Teaching, the excellent best.
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All of them without remainder, were "come, monk" monks.
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The first meeting was of a hundred thousand koṭis.
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Of those who had eliminated the mental corruptions, spotless ones, then was the meeting.
10.
A reciter, a bearer of sacred texts, one who has gone beyond the three Vedas.
11.
I venerated the Community headed by the Enlightened by himself, with scents and garlands;
Having venerated with scents and garlands, I satisfied them with cow's milk.
12.
"Immeasurable cosmic cycles from now, this one will be a Buddha.
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14.
I determined upon further ascetic practice, for the fulfilment of the ten perfections.
15.
Having given my house to the Buddha, I went forth in his presence.
16.
Having learnt all thoroughly, I made resplendent the Conqueror's Dispensation.
17.
Having gone to the perfection of direct knowledge, I went to the Brahma world.
18.
The mother was named Uttarā, of the great sage Maṅgala.
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Glorious, pure, splendid, three excellent mansions.
20.
Yasavatī was the name of that woman, Sīvala was her son.
21.
For no less than eight months, the Conqueror strove in striving.
22.
The great hero turned the wheel, in the forest, the excellent and glorious.
23.
Pālita by name was the attendant of the great sage Maṅgala.
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The enlightenment tree of that Blessed One is called the ironwood tree.
25.
Anulā and Sutanā were the chief female attendants.
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From him radiated rays, many hundreds of thousands.
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Remaining for that long, he helped many people to cross.
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So too his disciples, they cannot be counted.
29.
There was no death with defilements then in his Dispensation.
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Having blazed like a fire, he, of great fame, attained final Nibbāna.
31.
Having blazed like a great mass of fire, just as the sun has passed away.
32.
Right there is the stūpa of the Conqueror, thirty yojanas in height.
The lineage of the Blessed One Maṅgala is third.
