Tha Ap 110Āsanūpaṭṭāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

108. Āsanūpaṭṭāyaka

Walt 1657 Plunging into a forest grove,

very quiet and undisturbed,

I gifted a lion-throne to

the Neutral One, Atthadassi. Verse 1

Walt 1658 Taking a handful of flowers

and circumambulating him,

reverently serving the Teacher,

I departed facing the north. Verse 2

Walt 1659 Due to that deed for the Biped-Lord,

the World’s Best One, the Bull of Men,

I reached nirvana by myself;

all new existence is destroyed. Verse 3

Walt 1660 In the eighteen hundred aeons

since I gave him that gift back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of a lion-throne. Verse 4

Walt 1661 In the seven hundredth aeon

Kṣatriyan Sannibbāpaka

was a wheel-turner with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 5

Walt 1662 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Āsanūpaṭṭāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Āsanūpaṭṭāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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