Tha Ap 177Sīhāsanadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

175. Sīhāsanadāyaka

Walt 2124 When the World’s Lord reached nirvana,

Padumuttara, the Leader,

I gave a lion-throne to him

with a pleased heart and happy mind. Verse 1

Walt 2125 Bringing happiness to the world,

with very fragrant flowers then

having done a pūjā there, I

did bring relief to many folks. Verse 2

Walt 2126 With a pleased heart and happy mind

worshipping that superb Bodhi,

for one hundred thousand aeons

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth. Verse 3

Walt 2127 In the fifteen-thousandth aeon

there were eight different people ,

monarchs who turned the wheel of law ,

all known by the name Sīluccaya. Verse 4

Walt 2128 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Sīhāsanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sīhāsanadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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