Tha Ap 232Ekavandiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

230. Ekavandiya

Walt 2420 Cheerful, with pleasure in my heart,

I worshipped the Best of Buddhas,

Vessabhu, Victorious One,

the Bull, the Excellent, Hero. Verse 1

Walt 2421 In the thirty-one aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of worshipping. Verse 2

Walt 2422 In the twenty-fourth aeon hence

lived one named Vigatānanda,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2423 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Ekavandiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekavandiya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Ālambana and Ajina,

Maṁsa, Ārakkhadāyaka,

Avyādhi, Aṅkola, Soṇṇa,

Miñja, Āveḷa, Vandana;

fifty-five verses are counted

by those ones who know the meaning.

The Ālambanadāyaka Chapter, the Twenty-Third

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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