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Previous 11. The Chronicle of the Enlightened One Nārada

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The Chronicle of the Buddha Padumuttara

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After Nārada, the Perfectly Enlightened One, the best of bipeds;

The Conqueror named Padumuttara, imperturbable, like the ocean.

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That was a maṇḍa cosmic cycle, in which the Buddha was born;

The populace abundant in wholesome merit, was born in that cosmic cycle.

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At the first exposition of the Teaching by the Blessed One Padumuttara;

There was the full realisation of the teaching for a hundred thousand koṭis.

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Thereafter when raining, and satisfying living beings;

For thirty-seven hundred thousand, there was the second full realisation.

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At which time the great hero approached Ānanda;

Having gone to his father's presence, he beat the drum of the Deathless.

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When the drum of the Deathless was struck, when the rain of the Teaching was raining;

For fifty hundred thousand, there was the third full realisation.

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An exhorter, an instructor, a saviour of all living beings;

The Buddha, skilled in teaching, helped many people to cross.

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There were three assemblies of the Teacher Padumuttara;

The first meeting was of a hundred thousand koṭis.

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When the Buddha, equal to the matchless, dwelt on Vebhāra mountain;

The second meeting was of ninety thousand koṭis.

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Again when he had set out on a journey, from villages, towns and countries;

The third meeting was of eighty thousand koṭis.

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I at that time, an official named Jaṭila;

I gave cloth with food to the Community headed by the Enlightened by himself.

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That Buddha too declared of me, having sat down in the midst of the Community;

"A hundred thousand cosmic cycles from now, this one will be a Buddha.

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

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Having heard his word too, I determined upon further ascetic practice;

I made exceedingly firm energy, for the fulfilment of the ten perfections.

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All the sectarians were defeated, displeased and unhappy then;

None attended upon them, they were expelled from the country.

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All having come together there, approached near the Buddha;

You are the protector, O great hero, be a refuge, O One with Vision.

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Compassionate and merciful, seeking the welfare of all living beings;

He established all the sectarians who had arrived in the five precepts.

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Thus it was undisturbed, void of sectarians;

Decorated with Worthy Ones, by those who had become masters, by such ones.

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The city was named Haṃsavatī, the warrior was named Ānanda;

The mother was named Sujātā, of the Teacher Padumuttara.

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For ten thousand years, he dwelt in the house;

Naravāhana, fame, wielding power, three excellent mansions.

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Forty-three thousand women, fully adorned;

Vasudattā was the name of that woman, Uttama was her son.

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Having seen the four signs, he departed from the palace;

For seven days the striving conduct, the highest of men practised.

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Asked by Brahmā, the peaceful one, Padumuttara, the great leader;

The great hero turned the wheel, in the excellent park of Mithilā.

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Devala and Sujāta were the chief disciples;

Sumana by name was the attendant of the great sage Padumuttara.

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Amitā and Asamā were the chief female disciples;

The enlightenment tree of that Blessed One is called the sal tree.

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Vitiṇṇa and Tissa were the chief male attendants;

Haṭṭhā and Vicittā were the chief female attendants.

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

Resembling the radiance of gold, bearing the thirty-two excellent characteristics.

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Walls, door panels, and walls, trees, and heaps of mountain rocks;

There is no obstruction for him, all around for twelve yojanas.

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

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

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Having helped many people cross over, having cut through all doubt;

Having blazed like a great mass of fire, he, together with his disciples, attained final Nibbāna.

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The Conqueror, the Buddha Padumuttara, attained final Nibbāna in Nanda Park;

Right there is his excellent stūpa, twelve yojanas in height.

The lineage of the Blessed One Padumuttara is tenth.

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