འཕགས་པ་མར་མ་མཛད་ཀྱས་ལང་བསྟན་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.4

intro.4

In the case of Dīpaṅkara, however, according to the Tibetan version translated here, after his awakening to complete buddhahood he remains at the seat of awakening for fifty years, during which time not a single being approaches him or pays him homage. Dīpaṅkara, realizing that the people of the area are so happy that they have become careless, and wanting to rouse them from their complacency, then magically emanates a city even more impressive than their own. When this does not disturb them, he destroys it in a great blaze, leading the distressed population to finally consider their own impermanence. The Buddha Dīpaṅkara then rises from the seat of awakening and gives his first Dharma teaching. Accepting an invitation from King Ajātaśatru, he then travels to the palace Padmāvatī.