Tha Ap 216Ekasaññaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

214. Ekasaññaka

Walt 2335 I saw the Teacher’s robe of rags,

stuck up in the top of a tree.

Having pressed my hands together

I worshipped the Buddha’s rag-robe. Verse 1

Walt 2336 In the thirty-one aeons since

I obtained that perception then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Buddha- pūjā . Verse 2

Walt 2337 In the twenty-fifth aeon hence

there was one lord of the people

known by the name Amitābhā,

a wheel-turning king with great strength. Verse 3

Walt 2338 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Ekasaññaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekasaññaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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