Tha Ap 143Adhicchattiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Chatta Chapter, the Fifteenth

141. Adhicchattiya

Walt 1941 When the Blessed One passed away,

Atthadassi, the Ultimate Man,

having an upper parasol made,

I placed it on his stupa then . Verse 1

Walt 1942 Coming there from time to time, I

venerated the World-Leader.

Having a floral cover made

I placed it on the parasol. Verse 2

Walt 1943 I exercised divine rule in

the seventeenth aeon ago .

I didn’t go to the human state:

that’s the fruit of stupa- pūjā . Verse 3

Walt 1944 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Adhicchattiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Adhicchattiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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