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The Chronicle of the Buddha Vessabhū
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The Leader named Vessabhū by name arose in the world.
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Like an elephant having cut the bond, he attained the highest enlightenment.
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There was the first full realisation for eighty thousand koṭis.
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For seventy thousand crores, there was the second full realisation.
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Men and deities assembled, in the ten-thousand world-system with its gods.
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Sixty koṭis of gods and humans awakened.
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Of those who had eliminated the mental corruptions, spotless ones, of peaceful minds, such ones.
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The second meeting was of seventy thousand monks.
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The legitimate sons of the great sage, frightened by the fear of ageing and so on.
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Having invited the great hero, having given a very precious gift;
With food and drink and cloth, I venerated the Conqueror together with the Community.
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Having heard the sublime Teaching, I delighted in the going forth.
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Knowing the going forth to be accomplished in virtues, I went forth in the presence of the Conqueror.
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Seeking omniscience, I delight in the Conqueror's Dispensation.
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Joy arises in me, because of enlightenment itself.
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"Thirty-one cosmic cycles from now, 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 Yasavatī, of Vessabhū, the great sage.
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Ruci, Suruci, and Rativaḍḍhana, three excellent mansions.
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Sucittā was the name of that woman, Suppabuddha was her son.
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For six months the striving conduct, the highest of men practised.
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The great hero turned the wheel, at Aruṇa's park, the highest of men.
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Upasanta by name was the attendant of Vessabhū, the great sage.
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The enlightenment tree of that Blessed One is called the great sal tree.
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Gotamī and Sirimā were the chief female attendants.
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Rays emanate from his body, like fire on a mountain at night.
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Remaining for that long, he helped many people to cross.
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Having established the boat of the Teaching, he, together with his disciples, attained final Nibbāna.
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All that has disappeared, are not all activities empty?
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There was a wide-spread distribution of relics in those various regions.
The lineage of the Blessed One Vessabhū is twenty-first.
