Tha Ap 176Udapānadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

174. Udapānadāyaka

Walt 2121 For Vipassi, the Blessed One

I constructed a water well.

Having given alms-food to him

I dedicated the well then. Verse 1

Walt 2122 In the ninety-one aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of giving wells. Verse 2

Walt 2123 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Udapānadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Udapānadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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