Tha Ap 182Saṅghupaṭṭhāka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

180. Saṅghupaṭṭhāka

Walt 2148 When Vessabhu was the Buddha,

I was a forest-dweller then .

With a pleased heart and happy mind,

I did serve the best Assembly. Verse 1

Walt 2149 In the thirty-one aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of doing service. Verse 2

Walt 2150 In the seventh aeon ago,

there were seven Samotthatas,

wheel-turning kings with great power,

possessors of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2151 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Saṅghupaṭṭhāka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Saṅghupaṭṭhāka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Kumuda, then Nisseṇī,

Rattika, Udapānada,

Sīhāsanī, Maggavada,

Ekadīpī, Maṇippada,

Tikicchaka, Upaṭṭhāka,

one less than fifty verses here .

The Kumuda Chapter, the Eighteenth.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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