Tha Ap 159Tiṇasulaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

157. Tiṇasulaka

Walt 2027 In the Himalayan region,

there’s a mountain, Bhūtagaṇa.

One Lonely Victor did live there,

Self-Become, a World-Rejecter. Verse 1

Walt 2028 Having taken jasmine flowers

I offered them to the Buddha.

One less than a lakh of aeons

I did not fall back in rebirth . Verse 2

Walt 2029 In the eleventh aeon hence

I was one Dharaṇīruha,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2030 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Tiṇasulaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tiṇasulaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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