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The Chapter on Bodhivandana
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The Life History of the Elder Bodhivandaka
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Having arranged my upper robe on one shoulder and made salutation with joined palms, I venerated the trumpet-flower tree.
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Pure within, pure without, well liberated, without mental corruptions.
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As if face to face with the Perfectly Enlightened One, I venerated the trumpet-flower tree.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of homage.
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The six higher knowledges have been realised, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled."
Thus the Venerable Elder Bodhivandaka spoke these verses.
The life history of the Elder Bodhivandaka is the first.
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The Life History of the Elder Pāṭalipupphiya
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Honoured by his pupils, the Conqueror entered Bandhuma.
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Wishing to bathe my head, I went to the river ford.
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Like a blazing blue water-lily, like a burning fire.
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Going, the foremost of ascetics, honoured by the community of monks.
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Having taken three flowers, I venerated the foremost 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 Pāṭalipupphiya spoke these verses.
The life history of the Elder Pāṭalipupphiya is the second.
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The Life History of the Elder Tīṇuppalamāliya
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I saw the stainless Buddha, seated in the mountain caves.
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Endowed with the marks and characteristics, having seen him, I was delighted.
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Three waterlily flowers, I placed upon his head.
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Having become respectful, I departed facing north.
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Having fallen between the rocks, I reached the destruction of life.
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Having abandoned the former birth, I went to Tāvatiṃsa.
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Five hundred times I was a universal monarch.
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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 Tīṇuppalamāliya spoke these verses.
The life history of the Elder Tīṇuppalamāliya is the third.
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The Life History of the Elder Paṭṭipupphiya
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All the people having assembled, they carried out his body.
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With a confident mind, glad at heart, I venerated with a paṭṭi flower.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the body.
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Like an elephant having cut the bond, I dwell without mental corruptions.
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The three true knowledges have been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Paṭṭipupphiya spoke these verses.
The life history of the Elder Paṭṭipupphiya is the fourth.
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The Life History of the Elder Sattapaṇṇiya
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With a confident mind, glad at heart, I made an offering of the Alstonia Scholaris tree.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the Alstonia Scholaris tree.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Sattapaṇṇiya spoke these verses.
The life history of the Elder Sattapaṇṇiya is the fifth.
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The Life History of the Elder Gandhamuṭṭhiya
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With a confident mind, glad at heart, I offered a handful of fragrance.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the funeral pyre.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Gandhamuṭṭhiya spoke these verses.
The life history of the Elder Gandhamuṭṭhiya is the sixth.
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The Life History of the Elder Citakapūjaka
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When the funeral pyre was prepared, I made an offering of sal flowers.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of honouring the funeral pyre.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Citakapūjaka spoke these verses.
The life history of the Elder Citakapūjaka is the seventh.
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The Life History of the Elder Sumanatālavaṇṭiya
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Covered with jasmine flowers, I hold this very precious gift.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of the fan.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Sumanatālavaṇṭiya spoke these verses.
The life history of the Elder Sumanatālavaṇṭiya is the eighth.
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The Life History of the Elder Sumanadāmiya
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Having made a jasmine garland, I held it, standing in front.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of holding jasmine.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Sumanadāmiya spoke these verses.
The life history of the Elder Sumanadāmiya is the ninth.
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The Life History of the Elder Kāsumāriphaladāyaka
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I saw the stainless Buddha, the elder of the world, the lord of men.
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Having taken a wood-apple fruit, I gave it to the foremost Buddha.
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I do not know of an unfortunate realm, this is the fruit of giving fruit.
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Thus the Venerable Elder Kāsumāriphala-dāyaka spoke these verses.
The life history of the Elder Kāsumāriphaladāyaka is the tenth.
The Bodhivandana Chapter is the thirty-eighth.
Its summary:
Gandhamuṭṭhi and Citaka, Tāla, Sumanadāmaka;
And Kāsumāriphalī, fifty-nine verses.
