vv. 46-59 THE RESOLUTION
The Firm One, while lying in that place, after raising his charming lotus-like eyes, and once more contemplating the Buddha Dãpaïkara, thought thus: “If I so wished, after bringing to an end the endless battle of existence today, and becoming a novice in the Saïgha, I could enter the excellent city of Nibbàna. But what is there for me in ordination, or in the destruction of the defilements? Like this Buddha, Complete Emancipation is best for me only after becoming a supreme Buddha myself and carrying the people across the ocean of existence with the boat of the Dhamma, and bringing them to the City of Nibbàna.” After reflecting thus he lay there in the mud radiating beautifully.
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Part 1: The Far Distant Past
