Tha Ap 104Ñāṇasaññaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

102. Ñāṇasaññaka

Walt 1617 I saw the golden Sambuddha,

Bull of Men, like a thoroughbred,

the Great Sage, like an elephant,

a mātaṅga in triple rut, Verse 1

Walt 1618 shining forth in all directions

like the moon when it becomes full,

the World’s Best, the Ultimate Man,

who had gone out on the road then . Verse 2

Walt 1619 Pleasing my heart in his knowledge

I pressed both my hands together.

Happy, and with a happy heart,

I venerated Siddhattha. Verse 3

Walt 1620 In the ninety-four aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of perceiving knowledge. Verse 4

Walt 1621 Three and seventy aeons hence

there were sixteen ultimate men,

wheel-turning kings with great power,

possessors of the seven gems. Verse 5

Walt 1622 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Ñāṇasaññaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ñāṇasaññaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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