Tha Ap 236Kilañjadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

234. Kilañjadāyaka

Walt 2437 In Tivarā, lovely city,

I was a basket-maker then.

The multitude took pleasure there

in Siddhattha, Lamp of the World. Verse 1

Walt 2438 For the sake of worshipping the

World’s Lord, one is seeking a mat.

Being asked I gave a mat to

those conducting Buddha- pūjā . Verse 2

Walt 2439 In the ninety-four aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of mat- giving . Verse 3

Walt 2440 In the seventy-seventh aeon

there was a king, Jutindhara,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2441 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Kilañjadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kilañjadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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