Bv 9The History of the Buddha Anomadassī

– BUDDHA HISTORY

9. The History of the Buddha Anomadassī:

Inda-bh 1After (the Buddha) Sobhita, the Perfectly Enlightened One Anomadassī was the Supreme Person of immeasurable renown, of power difficult to surpass.

Inda-bh 2Having cut off all fetters and destroyed (the karma of rebirth in) the three realms, he proclaimed to gods and humans the Path leading to the cessation of wandering in saṃsāra.

Inda-bh 3He was unshaken like the ocean, difficult to attain like a mountain, without end like space, and had blossomed like the king of Sālā trees.

Inda-bh 4By the mere sight of that Buddha, beings arose in joy. Having heard his words of exposition, they attained the Deathless.

Inda-bh 5At that time, the comprehension of his Dhamma was successful and achieved its measure. Hundreds of koṭis of beings comprehended at the first teaching of the Dhamma.

Inda-bh 6Afterward, on another occasion, while he was pouring down showers of Dhamma at the second teaching of the Dhamma, eighty koṭis of beings comprehended.

Inda-bh 7Afterward, on another occasion, while he was pouring down showers of Dhamma and was gladding beings in that very moment, there was the third comprehension of seventy-eight koṭis of persons.

Inda-bh 8And that Great Sage also had three assemblies of those who had attained the power of the higher knowledges and had blossomed in liberation.

Inda-bh 9At that time, there was an assembly of eight hundred thousand who had cut off infatuation and delusion and whose minds were pure in such a manner.

Inda-bh 10The second assembly was of seven hundred thousand who were without defilements, free from dust, calm in such a manner.

Inda-bh 11The third assembly was of six hundred thousand who had attained the power of the higher knowledges, of great striving, who had realized Nirvana.

Inda-bh 12At that time, I was a yaksha of great supernatural power, the lord ruling over many koṭis of yakshas.

Inda-bh 13At that time, I also went to meet that Great Sage, that noble Buddha, and I gladdened the Leader of the World together with his assembly with food and drink.

Inda-bh 14At that time, that Sage, of pure vision, also made an aspiration for me, saying: "In immeasurable aeons from this point in time, this one will become a Buddha.

Inda-bh 15Having departed from the beautiful city named Kapila, the Tathāgata will strive with great effort and will perform the practice that is difficult to perform (asceticism).

Inda-bh 16Having sat down at the root of the tree of the goatherds, the Tathāgata will receive the milk-rice there and then will go to the Nerañjarā.

Inda-bh 17On the bank of the Nerañjarā River, that Conqueror will consume the milk-rice and then go to the Bodhi tree by the noble path that has been prepared.

Inda-bh 18Then, having circumambulated the enclosure of the Bodhi tree, the Unsurpassed One, the one of great renown, will be enlightened at the root of the Assattha tree.

Inda-bh 19The mother who gives birth to him will be named Māyā. The father will be named Suddhodana. He will be Gotama.

Inda-bh 20Kolita and Upatissa will be the foremost (two) disciples. The attendant named Ānanda will serve that Conqueror.

Inda-bh 21Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā will be the foremost (two) female disciples. The Bodhi tree of that Blessed One is called 'Assattha.'

Inda-bh 22Citta and Haṭṭhāḷavaka will be the foremost (two) male lay supporters. Uttarā and Nandamātā will be the foremost (two) female lay supporters. The lifespan in the time of that renowned Gotama will be one hundred years."

Inda-bh 23Having heard these words of the incomparable Great Sage, gods and humans rejoiced, thinking: "This one is the seed and germ of the Buddhas."

Inda-bh 24They uttered cries of rejoicing, clapped their hands, and broke into smiles. The ten thousand worlds together with the gods joined their hands in reverence and said:

Inda-bh 25"If we fail with the teaching of this Leader of the World, we shall face that one in the far distant future.

Inda-bh 26Just as people who are crossing a river and do not reach the opposite bank cross the great river after reaching the bank further downstream.

Inda-bh 27In exactly the same way, if all of us should miss the opportunity with this Conqueror, we shall face that one in the far distant future."

Inda-bh 28Having heard those words, I became filled with joy, with a mind uplifted, and resolved upon the supreme practice in order to fulfil the perfection of the ten qualities.

Inda-bh 29The city was named Candavatī; the king of the Khattiya lineage was named Yasavā; the mother of the Teacher Anomadassī was named Yasodharā.

Inda-bh 30He lived in the midst of his household for ten thousand years. There were three magnificent palaces: Siri, Upasiri, and Sirivaḍḍha.

Inda-bh 31There were twenty-three thousand women adorned with ornaments. That woman (his wife) was named Sirimā. The son was named Upavāna.

Inda-bh 32Having beheld the four signs, the Conqueror departed in a palanquin and strove with great effort for ten months without remission.

Inda-bh 33Requested by Brahmā, that Great Sage, the Great Hero Anomadassī, set in motion the wheel (of the True Dhamma) at the park of Sudassana.

Inda-bh 34Nisabha and Anoma were the foremost (two) disciples. The attendant of the Teacher Anomadassī was named Varuṇa.

Inda-bh 35Sundarī and Sumanā were the foremost (two) female disciples. The Bodhi tree of that Blessed One was called "Ajjuna."

Inda-bh 36Nandivaḍḍha and Sirivaḍḍha were the foremost (two) male lay supporters. Uppalā and likewise Padumā were the foremost (two) female lay supporters.

Inda-bh 37That Great Sage was fifty-eight ratanas (fourteen and a half metres) in height. His radiance shone forth like the rising sun.

Inda-bh 38The lifespan is known to have extended to one hundred thousand years. While enduring for so long, he helped many beings to cross over.

Inda-bh 39The Dhamma of the Conqueror was resplendent; his well-proclaimed utterance blossomed through those arhats who were free from craving, without defilements in such a manner.

Inda-bh 40That Teacher of immeasurable renown and those two incomparable ones (the foremost disciples) — all have utterly vanished; are not all conditioned things empty?

Inda-bh 41The Conqueror, the Teacher Anomadassī, attained Nirvana at the monastery of Dhamma. The great stupa of the Conqueror built for him is twenty-five (leagues) in height at that very place.

The history of the Buddha Anomadassī is the seventh section.