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country of KÈsi. People of JambudÊpa unanimously held a meeting and, for honouring, they
erected a
cetiya
with bricks; each brick to lay externally costs a crore (of money) and each
brick to lay internally costs five millions. This
cetiya
was one
yojana
high.
Here ends Kassapa BuddhavaÑsa
.
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A Brief Account of Prophecy in Verse form
Our Bodhisatta had thus received the prophecy predicting his Buddhahood from the
former twenty-four Buddhas, beginning with DÊpa~karÈ and ending with Kassapa, and this
has been composed briefly in the Dhammarasi Pyo (vv. 7,8 and 9). (The author then gives
pertinent extracts from the
pyo
which we leave untranslated.)
SUPPLEMENT
Brief Statement of Future Buddha Gotama's Lives
As has been narrated, future Buddha Gotama received the prophecy from the twenty-four
Buddhas, from DÊpa~karÈ to Kassapa. His lives, in which the prophecy was declared, may
be classified as follows.
Five Lives as Hermit
(a)
After receiving the first definite prophecy as Sumedha the Hermit from Buddha
DÊpa~karÈ, he heard the same prophecy
(b)
as Jatila the hermit, from Buddha NÈrada,
(c)
as Susima the hermit, from Buddha AtthadassÊ,
(d)
as Ma~gala the hermit, from Buddha Siddhattha, and
(e)
as SujÈtÈ the hermit, from Buddha Tissa.
Thus he received the prophecy as a hermit five times.
Nine Lives as Monk
The event also occurred when he was born:
(a)
as Universal Monarch VijitÈvÊ and became a monk in Buddha KondaÒÒa's
presence,
(b)
as Brahmin Suruci and became a monk in Buddha Ma~gala's presence,
(c)
as Brahmin Uttara and became a monk in Buddha Sumedha's presence,
(d)
as Universal Monarch and became a monk in Buddha SujÈtÈ’s presence,
(e)
as King VijitÈvÊ and became a monk in Buddha Phussa's presence,
(f)
as King Sudassana and became a monk in Buddha Vessabh|'s presence,
(g)
as King Khema and became a monk in Buddha Kakusandha's presence,
(h)
as King Pabbata and became a monk in Buddha KonÈgamana's presence, and
(i)
as JotipÈla the brahmin youth and became a monk in Buddha Kassapa's presence.
Thus he received the prophecy as a monk nine times.
Five Lives as Layman
He also received the prophecy:
(a)
as a lay man, Brahmin Atideva, from Buddha Revata,
(b)
as a lay man, Brahmin Ajita, from Buddha Sobhita,
(c)
as a lay man, the wealthy Jatila, from Buddha Padumuttara,
(d)
as a lay man, Kassapa the brahmin youth, from Buddha PiyadassÊ and