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19. The Lineage of Tissa Buddha 1. After Siddhattha, unequalled, an incomparable person; Of infinite splendor, of immeasurable fame, Tissa, the world's chief leader. 2. Dispelling that darkness, illuminating the world with its gods; The compassionate great hero, the Eye of the world, arose. 3. His too was immeasurable power, immeasurable virtue and concentration; Having gone to perfection in all, he set the Wheel of Dhamma in motion. 4. That Buddha proclaimed the pure word in ten thousand worlds; Hundreds of crores attained understanding at the first Dhamma teaching. 5. The second was ninety crores, the third sixty crores; He released from bondage beings, humans and gods, at that time. 6. There were three assemblies for Tissa, the world's chief leader; Of those whose defilements were destroyed, the pure, the tranquil-minded, the such-like ones. 7. The first assembly was of a hundred thousand monks whose defilements were destroyed; The second assembly was of ninety hundred thousand monks. 8. The third assembly was of eighty hundred thousand monks; Whose defilements were destroyed, the pure, blossomed in liberation. 9. At that time, I was a Khattiya named Sujāta; Abandoning great wealth, I went forth into the ascetic life. 10. While I was an ascetic, the world's leader arose; Hearing the word "Buddha," joy arose in me. 11. Taking divine Mandārava flowers, lotus, and Pāricchattaka flowers; With both hands, waving them, I approached. 12. Surrounded by the four castes, Tissa, the world's chief leader; Taking those flowers, I held the Conqueror on my head. 13. That Buddha also declared to me, sitting in the midst of the people; "In ninety-two aeons from now, this one will become a Buddha. 14. "Having exerted effort... ...we shall be face to face with him." 15. Hearing his words, my mind became even more serene; I undertook further vows, for the fulfillment of the ten perfections. 16. The city was named Khemaka, the Khattiya was named Janasandha; The mother was named Padumā, of Tissa, the great sage. 17. For seven thousand years, he dwelt in the household life. Guhāsela, Nārisaya, Nisabha, were the three excellent palaces. 18. Thirty thousand women, were well-adorned. A woman named Subhaddā, a son named Ānanda. 19. Having seen the four signs, he went forth by horse. For a full eight months, the Conqueror exerted effort. 20. Being requested by Brahmā, Tissa, the world's supreme leader, the great hero turned the Wheel, in the excellent Yasavatī. 21. Brahmadeva and Udaya were the chief disciples. An attendant named Samaṅga, for Tissa, the great sage. 22. Phussā and Sudattā were the chief female disciples. The Bodhi tree of that Blessed One is called Asana. 23. Sambala and Sirimā were the chief male lay followers. Kisāgotamī and Upasenā were the chief female lay followers. 24. That Buddha, the Conqueror, was sixty cubits in height. Incomparable, unequalled, he appeared like the Himālaya. 25. Even for him, of immeasurable glory, the life span was supreme. For a hundred thousand years, the Seer remained in the world. 26. Having experienced the highest, excellent, supreme, great glory, having blazed like a mass of fire, he attained Nibbāna with his disciples. 27. Like a cloud by the wind, like vapor by the sun, like darkness by a lamp, he attained Nibbāna with his disciples. 28. Tissa, the supreme Conqueror Buddha, attained Nibbāna in Nandārāma. Right there, his Conqueror's stupa was three yojanas high. The seventeenth lineage of the Blessed One Tissa.