Tha Ap 242Vāsidāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

240. Vāsidāyaka

Walt 2459 In the past I was a blacksmith

in Tivarā, best of cities.

One razor was the gift I made

to an unconquered Lonely One. Verse 1

Walt 2460 In the ninety-four aeons since

I gave him that razor back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of a gifted razor. Verse 2

Walt 2461 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Vāsidāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Vāsidāyaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Udakāsanī, Bhājanada

Sālapupphī, Kilañjada,

Vedika and Vaṇṇakāra,

Piyālam, Ambayāgada,

Jagatī and Vāsidāyi:

there are thirty verses plus eight.

The Udakāsanadāyi Chapter, the Twenty-Fourth

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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