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Previous Chapter 20. The Chronicle of the Buddha Phussa

21.

The Chronicle of Buddha Vipassī

1.

And after Phussa, the Fully Self-Enlightened One, the best of bipeds;

The one with vision named Vipassī by name arose in the world.

2.

Having broken through all ignorance, attained the highest enlightenment;

To set in motion the wheel of the Teaching, he departed for the city of Bandhumatī.

3.

Having set in motion the wheel of the Teaching, the Leader awakened both;

The first full realization was not to be told by counting.

4.

Furthermore, the one of immeasurable fame made known the truth there;

For eighty-four thousand, there was the second full realization.

5.

Eighty-four thousand went forth after the Self-enlightened One;

To those who had reached the park, the one with vision taught the Teaching.

6.

Having heard him speaking in every way, those who sat near;

They too, having gone to the excellent Teaching, there was the third full realization.

7.

There were three assemblies of Vipassī, the great sage;

Of those who had eliminated the mental corruptions, spotless ones, of peaceful minds, such ones.

8.

The first meeting was of six hundred and eight thousand.

The second meeting was of a hundred thousand monks.

9.

The third meeting was of eighty thousand monks;

There, in the midst of the group of monks, the Fully Self-Enlightened One outshines.

10.

I at that time, a king of serpents of great supernormal power;

Atula by name, possessing merit, resplendent.

11.

Having surrounded myself with many tens of millions of serpents then,

Playing divine musical instruments, I approached the elder of the world.

12.

Having approached the self-enlightened, Vipassī, the leader of the world;

Inlaid with gems, pearls and jewels, adorned with all ornaments;

Having invited the King of the Dhamma, I gave a golden chair.

13.

That Buddha too declared of me, having sat down in the midst of the Community;

"Ninety-one cosmic cycles from now, this one will be a Buddha.

14.

"Having gone forth from the delightful city called Kapila, the Tathāgata;

Having striven in striving, having performed austerities.

15.

"Having sat down at the root of the goatherd's tree, the Tathāgata;

Having taken up the milk-rice there, he will approach the Nerañjarā.

16.

"On the bank of the Nerañjarā, that Conqueror ate the milk-rice;

By the prepared excellent path, he will approach the foot of the Bodhi tree.

17.

"Then, having circumambulated, the unsurpassed one, the ground of enlightenment;

At the root of the holy fig tree, the one of great fame will awaken to the highest enlightenment.

18.

"'His mother who gave him birth will be named Māyā;

His father will be named Suddhodana, this one will be Gotama.

19.

"Without mental corruptions, without lust, with peaceful minds, concentrated;

Kolita and Upatissa will be the chief disciples;

Ānanda by name will be the attendant, he will attend upon this Conqueror.

20.

"Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā will be the chief female disciples;

Without mental corruptions, without lust, with peaceful minds, concentrated;

The enlightenment tree of that Blessed One is called the holy fig tree.

21.

"Citta and Hatthaka of Āḷavī will be the chief male attendants;

Nanda's mother and Uttarā will be the chief female attendants;

The life span of that famous Gotama will be a hundred years."

22.

"Having heard this word, etc. we shall be face to face with him."

23.

Having heard his word, I gladdened my mind even more;

I determined upon further ascetic practice, for the fulfilment of the ten perfections.

24.

The city was named Bandhumatī, the warrior was named Bandhumā;

His mother was named Bandhumatī, of Vipassī, the great sage.

25.

For eight thousand years, he dwelt in the house;

Nanda, Sunanda, and Sirimā, three excellent mansions.

26.

Forty-three thousand women, fully adorned;

Sudassanā was the name of that woman, Samavattakkhandha was the name of her son.

27.

Having seen the four signs, he departed by chariot vehicle;

For no less than eight months, the Conqueror strove in striving.

28.

Asked by Brahmā, the peaceful one, Vipassī, the leader of the world;

The great hero turned the wheel, at the deer-park, the highest of men.

29.

Khaṇḍa and Tissa by name were the chief disciples;

Asoka by name was the attendant of Vipassī, the great sage.

30.

Candā and Candamittā were the chief female disciples;

The enlightenment tree of that Blessed One is called the trumpet-flower tree.

31.

Punabbasu and Mitta and Nāga were the chief male attendants;

Sirimā and Uttarā were the chief female attendants.

32.

Eighty cubits in height, Vipassī, the leader of the world;

His radiance radiates all around for seven yojanas.

33.

Eighty thousand years was the life span of that Buddha;

Remaining for that long, he helped many people to cross.

34.

He freed many gods and humans from bondage;

And taught the path and non-path to the remaining worldlings.

35.

Having shown light, having taught the Deathless state;

Having blazed like a great mass of fire, he, together with his disciples, attained final Nibbāna.

36.

The excellent supernormal power, the excellent merit, and the characteristic in bloom;

All that has disappeared, are not all activities empty?

37.

Vipassī, the supreme conqueror, the Buddha, attained final Nibbāna in Sumittā Park;

Right there is his excellent stūpa, raised up seven yojanas.

The lineage of the Blessed One Vipassī is nineteenth.

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