Tha Ap 194Tiṇasantharadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

192. Tiṇasantharadāyaka

Walt 2219 What grass a forest-dwelling sage

is reaping for the Great Teacher,

all those blades turning to the right

fell down upon the earth back then . Verse 1

Walt 2220 That I, taking a load of grass

and bringing blades of grass and leaves

of palmyra did make a mat,

spread out on the excellent ground. Verse 2

Walt 2221 Fashioning that grass and those leaves,

I gave that mat to Siddhattha;

for seven days I bore it there

for the Teacher of Gods and Men. Verse 3

Walt 2222 In the ninety-four aeons since

I gave the Buddha grass back then

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of a gift of grass. Verse 4

Walt 2223 In the sixty-fifth aeon hence

there were four named Mahādhana,

wheel-turning monarchs with great strength,

possessors of the seven gems. Verse 5

Walt 2224 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Tiṇasantharadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tiṇasantharadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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