Tha Ap 181Tikicchaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

179. Tikicchaka

Walt 2142 In the city, Bandhumatī,

I was a well-trained physician,

bringing many folks happiness

when patients suffered great illness . Verse 1

Walt 2143 Having seen a monk who was sick,

but moral as too very bright,

with a pleased heart and happy mind,

I gave him some medicine then. Verse 2

Walt 2144 That monk with well-guarded senses

became healthy because of that.

He was Vipassi’s attendant,

known by the name of Asoka. Verse 3

Walt 2145 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave him medicinal herbs,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of medicine. Verse 4

Walt 2146 In the eighth aeon after that

the one known as Sabbosadha

was a wheel-turner with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 5

Walt 2147 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Tikicchaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tikicchaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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