Tha Ap 195Khaṇḍaphulliya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

193. Khaṇḍaphulliya

Walt 2225 In the great woods was a stupa

of Phussa, the Blessed Buddha .

At that time there was a tree there,

broken in half by elephants. Verse 1

Walt 2226 Full of delight at the virtues

of him Honored in the Three Worlds,

smoothing out the uneven ground,

I offered some very pure alms. Verse 2

Walt 2227 In the ninety-two aeons since

I did that good karma then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of giving pure alms. Verse 3

Walt 2228 Seventy-seven aeons hence

there were sixteen Jitasenas

wheel-turning monarchs with great strength,

possessors of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2229 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Khaṇḍaphulliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Khaṇḍaphulliya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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