Jinacaritaṁ: The Life of the Victorious Buddha
A Pāli and English line by line (interlinear) version of this Medieval verse biography of the Buddha from his Bodhisatta aspiration to the founding of the Jetavana monastery (together with extensive annotation).
A Pāli and English line by line (interlinear) version of this Medieval verse biography of the Buddha from his Bodhisatta aspiration to the founding of the Jetavana monastery (together with extensive annotation).
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<strong>Jinacaritaṁ</strong> - <strong>The</strong> <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Victorious</strong> <strong>Buddha</strong> - 27<br />
jinassa vacanaṁ sutvā uṭṭhahitvāna paṅkato<br />
mudito devasaṅghehi kusumādīhi pūjito [57]<br />
pallaṅkam-ābhujitvāna nisīdi kusumāsane<br />
mahātapo mahāpañño sumedho damitindriyo [58]<br />
Mahā-tapo mahā-pañño damita-indriyo Sumedho Jinassa vacanaṁ sutvā, paṅkato<br />
uṭṭhahitvāna, mudito pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvāna, kusuma-āsane nisīdi, Deva-saṅghehi<br />
kusuma-ādīhi pūjito.<br />
Sumedha, <strong>the</strong> great ascetic, having great wisdom, and controlled senses, after hearing<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Victorious</strong> One’s word, rejoicing, arising from <strong>the</strong> mud, and folding his legs<br />
crosswise sat down on <strong>the</strong> flower seat, and was worshipped by <strong>the</strong> assembly <strong>of</strong> Devas<br />
with flowers and so on.<br />
devā dasasahassesu cakkavāḷesu moditā<br />
abhitthaviṁsu taṁ dhīraṁ nisinnaṁ kusumāsane [59]<br />
Dasa-sahassesu cakka-vāḷesu Devā moditā kusuma-āsane nisinnaṁ taṁ Dhīraṁ<br />
abhitthaviṁsu.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Devas from <strong>the</strong> ten thousand world-systems, rejoicing, praised <strong>the</strong> Hero who was<br />
sitting on <strong>the</strong> flowerseat.<br />
[Pāramīkathā]<br />
[<strong>The</strong> Story <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Perfections]<br />
nisinno upadhāresi dhamme buddhakare tadā<br />
kim-uddhaṁ vā adho vā pi disāsu vidisāsu ca [60]<br />
Tadā nisinno <strong>Buddha</strong>-kare dhamme kiṁ uddhaṁ vā adho vā pi disāsu vidisāsu ca<br />
upadhāresi,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n, while sitting, he examined above, below, in <strong>the</strong> main and intermediate<br />
directions what things make one Awakened, 51<br />
iccevaṁ vicinanto so sakalaṁ dhammadhātukaṁ<br />
addakkhi sakasantāne paṭhamaṁ dānapāramiṁ [61]<br />
so iti-evaṁ sakalaṁ Dhamma-dhātukaṁ vicinanto, saka-santāne paṭhamaṁ dānapāramiṁ<br />
addakkhi,<br />
examining all <strong>the</strong> elements <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Dhamma in this way, <strong>the</strong> first thing he saw in his<br />
own stream (<strong>of</strong> consciousness) 52 was <strong>the</strong> perfection <strong>of</strong> giving,<br />
51 i.e. <strong>the</strong> ten perfections (pārāmitā): generosity, virtue, renunciation, wisdom, energy,<br />
patience, truth, determination, friendliness, and equanimity.
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