Tha Ap 223Ālambanadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Ālambanadāyaka Chapter, the Twenty-Third

221. Ālambanadāyaka

Walt 2373 I gave a plank for hanging things

to the Biped Lord, Neutral One,

the Blessed One, Atthadassi,

the World’s Best One, the Neutral One. Verse 1

Walt 2374 I am ruling the massive earth

together with the sea and sky.

I exercise overlordship

among all creatures on the earth. Verse 2

Walt 2375 My defilements are all burnt up,

every existence is canceled.

The three knowledges are attained;

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Walt 2376 In the sixty-second aeon

hence were three of the royal caste,

all were named Ekāpassita,

wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 4

Walt 2377 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Ālambanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ālambanadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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