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The Chronicle of the Buddha Tissa
Of infinite power, of immeasurable fame, Tissa, the chief leader of the world.
The compassionate great hero, the one with vision, arose in the world.
Having gone to perfection in all respects, he set in motion the wheel of the Teaching.
Hundreds of koṭis fully realised, at the first teaching of the Dhamma.
He released beings from bondage, men and deities, then.
Of those who had eliminated the mental corruptions, spotless ones, of peaceful minds, such ones.
The second meeting was of ninety hundred thousand.
Of those who had eliminated the mental corruptions, spotless ones, fully blown with liberation.
Having abandoned great wealth, I went forth in the seer's going forth.
Having heard the sound "Buddha," rapture arose in me.
Having held up with both hands, shaking them, I approached.
Having taken a flower, I held it on the head of that Conqueror.
"Ninety-two cosmic cycles from now, this one will be a Buddha.
I determined upon further ascetic practice, for the fulfilment of the ten perfections.
Padumā was the name of the mother of Tissa, the great sage.
Guhāsela, Nārisaya, and Nisabha, three excellent mansions.
Subhaddā was the name of that woman, Ānanda was the name of her son.
For no less than eight months, the Conqueror strove in striving.
The great hero turned the wheel, at the excellent Yasavatī.
Samaṅga was the name of the attendant of Tissa, the great sage.
The enlightenment tree of that Blessed One is called the Asana tree.
Kisāgotamī and Upasenā were the chief female attendants.
Incomparable, matchless, he appears like the Himalaya.
For a hundred thousand years, the one with vision stood in the world.
Having blazed like a great mass of fire, he, together with his disciples, attained final Nibbāna.
Like darkness by a lamp, he, together with his disciples, attained final Nibbāna.
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Right there is the stūpa of the Conqueror, three yojanas in height.
The lineage of the Blessed One Tissa is seventeenth.