Tha Ap 252Uddāladāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

250. Uddāladāyaka

Walt 2495 The Buddha named Kakusandha

the Self-Become One, Unconquered,

coming out from the great forest

had arrived at a big river. Verse 1

Walt 2496 Taking a golden shower bloom ,

having a mind full of pleasure,

I gave it to the Self-Become,

Self-Controlled One, the Honest One. Verse 2

Walt 2497 In the thirty-one aeons since

I did pūjā with that flower,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of flower- pūjā . Verse 3

Walt 2498 The four analytical modes

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered:

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Uddāladāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Uddāladāyaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Tuvara, Nāga, Nalinā,

Virava, Kuṭidhūpaka,

Patta, Dhātu, Pāṭaliya,

and Bimbi; with Uddālaka

thirty-seven verses counted

by those ones who know the meaning.

The Tuvaradāya Chapter, the Twenty-Fifth

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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