Tha Ap 171Samādapaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

169. Samādapaka

Walt 2093 In the city, Bandhumatī,

there was a large multitude then .

I was most excellent of them,

and they were all my companions. Verse 1

Walt 2094 Having called them all together

I then promoted good karma,

“let’s build the unsurpassed merit-field,

the monks’ Assembly, a building.” Verse 2

Walt 2095 Those followers of my wishes

agreed by saying , “Excellent!”

and when they finished the building,

we gave it to Vipassi then . Verse 3

Walt 2096 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave him that building back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of giving buildings. Verse 4

Walt 2097 In the fifty-ninth aeon hence

there was one lord of the people,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

known by the name of Āveyya. Verse 5

Walt 2098 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Samādapaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Samādapaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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