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observed
dukkaracariyÈ
just for seven days even in this palace.
His two male Chief Disciples were Asama Thera and Sunetta Thera. His attendant
was Anoma Thera.
His two female Chief Disciples were NakulÈ TherÊ and SujÈtÈ TherÊ.
His Bodhi tree was a
nÈga
tree.
His noble male lay supporters were the wealthy Ramma and Sudatta. His noble
female supporters were NakulÈ UpÈsikÈ and MittÈ UpÈsikÈ.
Buddha Sobhita's height was fifty-eight cubits. Like the rising sun, He possessed
body lustre which could shine and spread all over the directions as much as He
wished.
Like a great grove full of trees in full bloom and fragrant with various scents, the
Buddha Sobhita's grove of instructive words was fragrant with the scents of
morality.
Another simile: as one is not satiated looking at the moving and rising waves of
the ocean, so beings, such as devas, humans and BrahmÈs
,
were not satiated
listening to the words of Buddha Sobhita.
The life span during Buddha Sobhita's time was ninety thousand years and living
four-fifths of this life span, He saved devas, humans and BrahmÈs from
saÑsÈric
currents and placed them on NibbÈnic shores.
After bequeathing His diverse Teaching, long and short, to future beings who had
not attained liberation in His presence, Buddha Sobhita, together with His
arahat-
disciples, came to the cessation of His existence, attained ParinibbÈna just as a
great flame became extinguished.
SaÑvega
That Buddha Sobhita, equal only to peerless Buddhas, and His
arahat
-disciples who had
acquired
abhiÒÒÈnas
and other powers, had all vanished. Unsubstantial and futile indeed
are all conditioned things!
Before His ParinibbÈna, Buddha Sobhita resolved: ‚When I am gone, let the relics of my
body not remain in a mass but split into pieces and reach various places‛ and His
ParinibbÈna took place in SÊha Park. Accordingly His relics did not remain in a massive but
dispersed all over JambudÊpa and were worshipped by beings, such as devas, humans and
BrahmÈs.
Here ends Sobhita BuddhavaÑsa
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7. ANOMADASS¢ BUDDHAVA¥SA
After the lapse of the aeon in which Buddha Sobhits lived, came incalculable aeons of
suÒÒa-kappas
, aeons devoid of Buddhas. Again, after these had passed, there appeared in a
certain aeon three Buddhas, namely, AnomadassÊ, Paduma and NÈrada. The first of these
was the Buddha AnomadassÊ.
Having fulfilled the Perfections for sixteen
asa~khyeyya
and one hundred thousand
aeons, like other Bodhisattas, he was reborn in TusitÈ. At the request of devas and
BrahmÈs, he descended to the human world to be conceived in the womb of Queen
YasodharÈ of King YasavÈ, in the city of CandavatÊ.
A strange event happened then. As soon as Prince AnomadassÊ was conceived, because of
his meritorious deeds, light spread out to the extent of eighty cubits and unsurpassed by the
light of the sun and the moon.
When ten months had elapsed, Queen YasodharÈ gave birth to Prince AnomadassÊ in
SucandÈna Park.
On his naming day, he was given the name of AnomadassÊ by wise men because, while