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The Chapter on Bandhujīvaka
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The Life History of the Elder Bandhujīvaka
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With delight and existence exhausted, one who has crossed over attachment in the world.
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The sage meditating in the forest, fully focused, well concentrated.
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Placed them upon the Buddha, Sikhi, the kinsman of the world.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the Buddha.
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Samantacakkhu was his name, a wheel-turning monarch of great power.
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The six higher knowledges have been realized, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled."
Thus the Venerable Elder Bandhujīvaka spoke these verses.
The Life History of the Elder Bandhujīvaka Flower Offerer is the first.
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The Life History of the Elder Tambapupphiya
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I shall run to the forest's end, beset by fear and enmity.
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Having taken copper-coloured flowers, I scattered them on the Bodhi tree.
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Folding my legs crosswise, I sat down at the foot of the Bodhi tree.
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And having seen them there, I reflected upon the highest enlightenment.
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I fell into a frightful mountain fortress with many levels.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the enlightenment.
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Endowed with the seven treasures, a wheel-turning monarch of great power.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Tambapupphiya spoke these verses.
The Life History of the Elder Copper-coloured Flower Offerer is the second.
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The Life History of the Elder Vīthisammajjaka
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Like the moon on the fifteenth, I saw the leader of the world going forth.
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They surrounded the self-enlightened, the lord of bipeds, the lord of men.
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I raised a flag there, with a clear mind.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of giving a banner.
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Accomplished in every way, renowned as Sudhaja.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Vīthisammajjaka spoke these verses.
The Life History of the Elder Vīthisammajjaka is the third.
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The Life History of the Elder Kakkārupupphapūjaka
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Having held up a kakkāru flower, I placed it upon the Buddha.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the Buddha.
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Endowed with the seven treasures, a wheel-turning monarch of great power.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Kakkārupupphapūjaka spoke these verses.
The Life History of the Elder Kakkārupupphapūjaka is the fourth.
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The Life History of the Elder Mandāravapupphapūjaka
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With a mandārava flower, I placed it upon the Buddha.
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All people, having assembled together, paid homage to the Tathāgata.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the Buddha.
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Endowed with the seven treasures, a wheel-turning monarch of great power.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Mandāravapupphapūjaka spoke these verses.
The Life History of the Elder Mandāravapupphapūjaka is the fifth.
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The Life History of the Elder Kadambapupphiya
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At the foot of that mountain, seven Buddhas dwell there.
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Having held up with both hands, I sprinkled the seven Buddhas.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the Buddha.
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Accomplished with the seven treasures, wheel-turning monarchs of great power.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Kadambapupphiya spoke these verses.
The Life History of the Elder Kadambapupphiya is the sixth.
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The Life History of the Elder Tiṇasūlaka
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There dwelt alone the Conqueror, self-become, escaped from the world.
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For ninety-nine thousand cosmic cycles, I was not one who fell into misfortune.
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Endowed with the seven treasures, a wheel-turning monarch of great power.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Tiṇasūlaka spoke these verses.
The Life History of the Elder Tiṇasūlaka is the seventh.
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The Life History of the Elder Nāgapupphiya
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Honoured by his pupils, he dwelt in the mountain caves.
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Wishing to uplift me, he came to my presence.
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Having known my joy, he departed facing east.
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Having taken nāga flowers, I scattered them on the path he had gone.
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By that confidence of mind, I was not reborn in an unfortunate realm.
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Endowed with the seven treasures, a wheel-turning monarch of great power.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Nāgapupphiya spoke these verses.
The Life History of the Elder Nāgapupphiya is the eighth.
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The Life History of the Elder Punnāgapupphiya
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Having seen the flowering Punnāga tree, I recollected the foremost Buddha.
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Having made a monument on the sandbank, I placed it upon the Buddha.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the Buddha.
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Endowed with the seven treasures, a wheel-turning monarch of great power.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Punnāgapupphiya spoke these verses.
The Life History of the Elder Punnāgapupphiya is the ninth.
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The Life History of the Elder Kumudadāyaka
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Covered with lotuses and water lilies, spread over with white lotuses.
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Virtuous, endowed with higher intelligence, skilled in merit and demerit.
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Not far from a natural lake, the great sage wandered about.
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Having understood my thought, the great sage accepted.
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For a hundred thousand cosmic cycles, I was not reborn in an unfortunate realm.
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Eight were these lords of men, wheel-turning monarchs of great power.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Kumudadāyaka spoke these verses.
The Life History of the Elder Kumudadāyaka is the tenth.
The Chapter on Bandhujīvaka is the sixteenth.
Its summary:
Mandārava and Kadambī, Sūlaka, Nāgapupphiya;
Punnāga, Komudī - fifty-six verses have been praised.