Tha Ap 130Ñāṇasaññaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

128. Ñāṇasaññaka

Walt 1849 I resided on a mountain

in the Himalayan Mountains.

Having seen some pure white sand I

recollected the Best Buddha: Verse 1

Walt 1850 “Knowledge has no analogy;

neither does meeting the Teacher.

After learning all the Teaching

one is set free by that knowledge. Verse 2

Walt 1851 Praise to you, O Well-Bred Person!

Praise to you, Ultimate Person!

There’s no one who’s the same as you

in terms of knowledge, Best of Men.” Verse 3

Walt 1852 Having pleased my heart in knowledge,

I thrilled an aeon in heaven.

During the aeons that remained,

I completed that good karma. Verse 4

Walt 1853 In the ninety-one aeons since

I obtained that perception then ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of knowledge-perception. Verse 5

Walt 1854 In the seventy-third aeon

one named Puḷinapupphiya

was a wheel-turner with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 6

Walt 1855 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

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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