Tha Ap 248Pattadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

246. Pattadāyaka

Walt 2481 After he’d superbly tamed me ,

I made the gift of an alms-bowl

to the Great Sage named Siddhattha,

Honesty Embodied, Neutral. Verse 1

Walt 2482 In the ninety-four aeons since

I made that donation back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of a bowl-gift. Verse 2

Walt 2483 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Pattadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pattadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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