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The Chronicle of the Buddha Dhammadassī
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Having dispelled the darkness of ignorance, outshines the world with its gods.
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There was the first full realisation for a hundred thousand koṭis.
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Then for ninety koṭis, there was the second full realisation.
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Then for eighty koṭis, there was the third full realisation.
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Of those who had eliminated the mental corruptions, spotless ones, of peaceful minds, such ones.
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The first meeting was of a hundred thousand koṭis.
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Then too, the second meeting was of a hundred koṭis.
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Then there was the third meeting of eighty koṭis.
9.
With divine scents and garlands, and with music I honoured him.
10.
"In eighteen hundred cosmic cycles, this one will be a Buddha.
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I determined upon further ascetic practice, for the fulfilment of the ten perfections.
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The mother was named Sunandā, of the Teacher Dhammadassī.
14.
Araja, Viraja, and Sudassana, three excellent mansions.
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Vicikoḷi was the name of that woman, Puññavaḍḍhana was her son.
16.
For seven days the striving conduct, the highest of men practised.
17.
The great hero turned the wheel, at the deer-park, the highest of men.
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Sunetta by name was the attendant of the Teacher Dhammadassī.
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The enlightenment tree of that Blessed One is called the bimbijāla.
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Sāḷiyā and Kaḷiyā were the chief female attendants.
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Outshines with his radiance, in the ten-thousand-fold world system.
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Like the midday sun, thus he appeared beautiful.
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For a hundred thousand years, the one with vision stood in the world.
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He passed away like the moon from the sky, he, together with his disciples, attained final Nibbāna.
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Right there is his excellent stūpa, raised up three yojanas.
The lineage of the Blessed One Dhammadassī is fifteenth.
