Tha Ap 227Avyādhika

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

225. Avyādhika

Walt 2396 I gave a heated room back then

to Vipassi, the Blessed One,

and a residence for the ill

which was furnished with hot water. Verse 1

Walt 2397 As a result of that good deed,

my own state of being is good.

I have come to know no illness:

that is the fruit of good karma. Verse 2

Walt 2398 In the ninety-one aeons since

I donated that heated room,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of a heated room. Verse 3

Walt 2399 In the seventh aeon ago

there was one Aparājita,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2400 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Avyādhika Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Avyādhika Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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