Tha Ap 113Mahāparivāra
Pāli / Sanskrit:Mahāparivārakattheraapadāna
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– Therāpadāna
– The Legends of the Theras
– Mahāparivāra Chapter, the Twelfth
111. Mahāparivāra
Walt 1677 The Blessed One named Vipassi,
the World’s Best One, the Bull of Men,
entered Banduma City then
with sixty-eight thousand arahants . Verse 1
Walt 1678 Having come out from the city
he went to the shrine of the lamps.
I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
Sacrificial Recipient. Verse 2
Walt 1679 Eighty thousand minor spirits
who then attended reverently
upon Indra and the Thirty-three
were also there in my presence. Verse 3
Walt 1680 When he rose from meditation,
I picked up a piece of cloth there .
I worshipped him with my head bowed,
then I gave it to the Great Sage: Verse 4
Walt 1681 “O! the Buddha! O! the Teaching!
O! our Teacher’s great achievement!
Through the power of the Buddha
he made the earth itself to quake.” Verse 5
Walt 1682 And having seen that miracle,
marvel making hair stand on end,
I pleased my heart in the Buddha,
the Biped-Lord, the Neutral One. Verse 6
Walt 1683 Then I, having pleased my heart in
the Biped-Lord, the Neutral One,
giving that cloth to the Teacher,
went up to him to take refuge. Verse 7
Walt 1684 In the ninety-one aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha- pūjā . Verse 8
Walt 1685 In the fifteenth aeon ago
there were sixteen named Vāhana,
wheel-turning kings with great power,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 9
Walt 1686 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 10
Thus indeed Venerable Mahāparivāra Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Mahāparivāra Thera is finished.
Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .
Whitman College, 2017
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