And the people of the city of Ramma, having returned to the city, kept open house to the priesthood with the Buddha at their head. The Teacher having preached the Law to them, and established them in the three Refuges and the other branches of the Faith, departing from the city of Ramma, living thereafter his allotted span of life, having fulfilled all the duties of a Buddha, in due course attained Nirvā_n_a in that element of annihilation in which no trace of existence remains. On this subject all that need be said can be learnt from the narrative in the Buddhava_m_sa, for it is said in that work, 198. Then they, having entertained the Chief of the world with his clergy, Took refuge in the Teacher Dīpankara. 199. Some the Buddha established in the Refuges, Some in the five Precepts, others in the ten. 200. To some he gives the privilege of priesthood, the four glorious Fruitions, On some he bestows those peerless qualities the analytical Knowledges. 201. To some the Lord of men grants the eight sublime Acquisitions, On some he bestows the three Wisdoms and the six supernatural Faculties. 202. In this order[146] the Great Sage exhorts the multitude. Therewith the commandment of the world’s Protector was spread wide abroad. 203. He of the mighty jaw, of the broad shoulder, Dīpankara by name, Procured the salvation of many men, warded off from them future punishment. 204. Beholding persons ripe for salvation, reaching them in an instant, Even at a distance of four hundred thousand leagues, the Great Sage awakened them (to the knowledge of the truth). 205. At the first conversion the Buddha converted a thousand millions. At the second the Protector converted a hundred thousand. 206. When the Buddha preached the truth in the angel world, There took place a third conversion of nine hundred millions. 207. The Teacher Dīpankara had three assemblies, The first was a meeting of a million millions. 208. Again when the Conqueror went into seclusion at Nārada Kūta, A thousand million spotless Arhats met together. 209. When the Mighty One dwelt on the lofty rock Sudassana, Then the Sage surrounded himself with nine hundred thousand millions. 210. At that time I was an ascetic wearing matted hair, a man of austere penances, Moving through the air, accomplished in the five supernatural Faculties. 211. The (simultaneous) conversion of tens of thousands, of twenties of thousands, took place, Of ones and twos the conversions were beyond computation.[147] 212. Then did the pure religion of Dīpankara Buddha become widely spread, Known to many men prosperous and flourishing.