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The Chapter on Citakapūjaka
1.
The Life History of the Elder Citakapūjaka
1.
Wishing to make an oblation, I gathered various flowers.
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And having brought together those flowers, I scattered them on the funeral pyre.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the Buddha.
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Named Supajjalita, wheel-turning monarchs 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 Citakapūjaka spoke these verses.
The life history of the elder Citakapūjaka is the first.
2.
The Life History of the Elder Pupphadhāraka
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Five direct knowledges had arisen, I was one who stroked the moon.
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I held coral tree flowers for the Teacher.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of bearing in mind.
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Named Samantadhāraṇa, a wheel-turning monarch of great power.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Pupphadhāraka spoke these verses.
The life history of the elder Pupphadhāraka is the second.
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The Life History of the Elder Chattadāyaka
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And he attained the state of a Buddha, quenched, honoured by the world.
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To the funeral pyre of the great one who was quenched, I went.
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And having held up a white umbrella, I raised it then.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of giving an umbrella.
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Named Mahāraha, wheel-turning monarchs of great power.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Chattadāyaka spoke these verses.
The life history of the elder Chattadāyaka is the third.
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The Life History of the Elder Saddasaññaka
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The manifestation in the world of the Buddha, the foremost, the great sage.
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And having reached death, I recollected the perception of 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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Thus the Venerable Elder Saddasaññaka spoke these verses.
The life history of the elder Saddasaññaka is the fourth.
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The Life History of the Elder Gosīsanikkhepaka
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I experience my own action, this is the fruit of past action.
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I experience all this, this is the fruit of the yellow sandalwood.
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Of the service done to the Community, nothing else is worth a fraction.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of the mat.
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I was the sole one of great radiance, a wheel-turning monarch of great power.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Gosīsanikkhepaka spoke these verses.
The life history of the elder Gosīsanikkhepaka is the fifth.
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The Life History of the Elder Pādapūjaka
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I saw the stainless Buddha, like the luminous sun with golden rays.
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With sandalwood and tagara too, I besprinkled his feet then.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the foot.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Pādapūjaka spoke these verses.
The life history of the elder Pādapūjaka is the sixth.
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The Life History of the Elder Desakittaka
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Having plunged into the forest grove, the elder of the world, the lord of men.
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Having known me with a confident mind, the Buddha disappeared.
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Having praised that region, I rejoiced in heaven for a cosmic cycle.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of praising.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Desakittaka spoke these verses.
The life history of the elder Desakittaka is the seventh.
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The Life History of the Elder Saraṇagamaniya
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I saw the Buddha Vipassī, the elder of the world, the lord of men.
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And I went to refuge, of the lord of bipeds, such a one.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of going for refuge.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Saraṇagamaniya spoke these verses.
The life history of the elder Saraṇagamaniya is the eighth.
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The Life History of the Elder Ambapiṇḍiya
40.
A bunch of mangoes was given by me, to Vipassī, the great sage.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of giving a mango.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Ambapiṇḍiya spoke these verses.
The life history of the elder Ambapiṇḍiya is the ninth.
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The Life History of the Elder Anusaṃsāvaka
43.
I gave a ladleful of almsfood to the lord of bipeds, such a one.
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I proclaimed the benefits of the Buddha, for the attainment of the highest goal.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of proclaiming the benefits.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Anusaṃsāvaka spoke these verses.
The life history of the elder Anusaṃsāvaka is the tenth.
The Citakapūjaka chapter is the thirtieth.
Its summary:
Pāda, Padesa, Saraṇa, Amba, and Saṃsāvaka too;
Forty-eight verses, counted by the wise.
Then the chapter summary:
Tuvara and Thomaka too, Ukkhepa, Sīsupadhāna.
Four hundred and fifty-one here.
Three hundred life histories, counted by those intent upon the good.
The ten chapters of the Kaṇikāra group.
The third hundred is complete.