Tha Ap 188Bodhiupaṭṭhāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

186. Bodhiupaṭṭhāyaka

Walt 2181 In the city, Rammavati,

I was a man named Muraja.

Committed to ceaseless service,

I went to the great Bodhi tree . Verse 1

Walt 2182 Morning and evening exerting,

incited by those happy roots,

throughout eighteen hundred aeons

I was not born in a bad state. Verse 2

Walt 2183 In the fifteen hundredth aeon

I was a king, ruler of men,

known by the name of Damatha,

a wheel-turning king with great strength. Verse 3

Walt 2184 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Bodhiupaṭṭhāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Bodhiupaṭṭhāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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