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Previous Chapter 9. Chronicle of the Buddha Anomadassī

10.

The Chronicle of the Buddha Paduma

1.

After Anomadassī, the Fully Self-Enlightened One, the best of bipeds;

Paduma by name, matchless, without equal.

2.

His morality too is matchless, his concentration too is infinite;

His excellent knowledge is incalculable, his liberation too is incomparable.

3.

For him too, of incomparable power, in setting in motion the wheel of the Teaching;

There were three full realizations, dispelling great darkness.

4.

At the first full realization, the Buddha awakened a hundred ten million;

At the second full realization, the wise one awakened ninety ten million.

5.

And when the Buddha Paduma exhorted his own son;

Then for eighty koṭis, there was the third full realization.

6.

There were three assemblies of the great sage Paduma;

The first meeting was of a hundred thousand koṭis.

7.

At the time of the allocation of kathina-privileges, when the kathina robe had arisen;

For the sake of the General of the Dhamma, the monks sewed the robe.

8.

Then those spotless monks, possessing the six higher knowledges, of great supernormal power;

Three hundred thousand, unconquered, met together.

9.

Furthermore, that lord of men approached the forest wilds to take abode;

Then there was a meeting of two hundred thousand.

10.

I at that time, was a lion, lord over beasts;

Developing seclusion, I saw the Victor in the forest wilds.

11.

Having paid homage with my head at his feet, having circumambulated him;

Having roared three times, for seven days I attended upon the Conqueror.

12.

For seven days from the excellent attainment, having emerged, the Tathāgata;

Having reflected with the mind, brought together ten million monks.

13.

Then too the great hero, in their midst, predicted;

"Immeasurable cosmic cycles from now, this one will be a Buddha.

14.

"Having striven in striving, etc. we shall be face to face with him."

15.

Having heard his word too, I gladdened my mind even more;

I determined upon further ascetic practice, for the fulfilment of the ten perfections.

16.

The city was named Campaka, the warrior was named Asama;

The mother was named Asamā, of the great sage Paduma.

17.

For ten thousand years, he dwelt in the house;

Nandā, Vasu, and Yasuttarā, three excellent mansions.

18.

Thirty-three thousand women, fully adorned;

Uttarā was the name of that woman, Ramma was her son.

19.

Having seen the four signs, he departed by chariot vehicle;

For no less than eight months, the Conqueror strove in striving.

20.

Asked by Brahmā, the peaceful one, Paduma, the leader of the world;

The great hero turned the wheel, at the excellent Dhanañca park.

21.

Sāla and Upasāla were the chief disciples;

Varuṇa by name was the attendant of the great sage Paduma.

22.

Rādhā and Surādhā were the chief female disciples;

The enlightenment tree of that Blessed One is called the Great Soṇa.

23.

Bhiyya and Asama were the chief male attendants;

Rucī and Nandarāmā were the chief female attendants.

24.

Fifty-eight cubits, very high, the great sage;

Radiance radiates from him, unequalled in all directions.

25.

The radiance of the moon, the radiance of the sun, the radiance of jewels, fire, and gems;

All of them are destroyed, having reached the supreme radiance of the Conqueror.

26.

For a hundred thousand years, life span exists for that long;

Remaining for that long, he helped many people to cross.

27.

Having awakened entirely beings whose minds were mature;

Having instructed the rest, he, together with his disciples, attained final Nibbāna.

28.

Just as a snake its worn-out skin, just as a tree its old leaves;

Having abandoned all activities, he attained final Nibbāna like fire.

29.

Paduma, the supreme conqueror, the Teacher, attained final Nibbāna in Dhamma Park;

There was a wide-spread distribution of relics in those various regions.

The lineage of the Blessed One Paduma is eighth.

Next Chapter 11. The Chronicle of the Enlightened One Nārada
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