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Chronicle of the Buddha Sujāta
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With a lion's jaw and bull's shoulders, immeasurable, difficult to approach.
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Thus shines the One Enlightened by himself, blazing with splendour always.
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In the city of Sumaṅgala, set in motion the wheel of the Teaching.
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Eighty crores fully realised, at the first teaching of the Dhamma.
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For thirty-seven hundred thousand, there was the second full realization.
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For sixty hundred thousand, there was the third full realization.
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Of those who had eliminated the mental corruptions, spotless ones, of peaceful minds, such ones.
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Sixty hundred thousand, they first gathered together.
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The second meeting was of fifty hundred thousand.
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With four hundred thousand, he approached the One Enlightened by himself.
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One who moves through the sky I was, a universal monarch of great power.
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Having approached, he paid homage to Sujāta, the leader of the world.
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Having given over to the Buddha, I went forth in his presence.
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Bring to the Community of monks, requisites and lodgings.
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"In thirty thousand cosmic cycles, this one will be a Buddha.
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I determined upon a fierce ascetic practice, for the fulfilment of the ten perfections.
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Having learnt all thoroughly, I made resplendent the Conqueror's Dispensation.
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Having gone to the perfection of direct knowledge, I went to the Brahma world.
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His mother was named Pabhāvatī, of the well-born great sage.
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Sirī, Upasirī, and Nanda, three excellent mansions.
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Sirinandā was the name of that woman, Upasena was her son.
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For no less than nine months, the Conqueror strove in striving.
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The great hero turned the wheel, at the excellent Sumaṅgala park.
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Nārada was the attendant of the great sage Sujāta.
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The enlightenment tree of that Blessed One is called the great bamboo.
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The bamboo is straight, lofty, beautiful to behold, delightful.
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Just as a well-bound peacock-tail fan, thus that tree shines.
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With widespread branches, dense, giving thick shade, delightful.
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Subhaddā and Padumā were the chief female attendants.
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Endowed with all excellent qualities, having attained all virtues.
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Immeasurable, incomparable, without comparison by similes.
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Remaining for that long, he helped many people to cross.
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Thus then the Scriptures, adorned by Worthy Ones.
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All that has disappeared, are not all activities empty?
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Right there is his shrine, raised up three leagues.
The lineage of the Blessed One Sujāta is twelfth.