Tha Ap 253Thomadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Thomaka Chapter, the Twenty-Sixth

251. Thomadāyaka

Walt 2499 Standing in the world of the gods,

having listened to the Teaching

of Vipassi Buddha , Great Sage,

satisfied I uttered these words: Verse 1

Walt 2500 “Praise to you, O Well-Bred Person!

Praise to you, Ultimate Person!

While explaining the deathless state

you ferry many folks across.” Verse 2

Walt 2501 In the ninety-one aeons since

I uttered that speech at that time,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of speaking praises. Verse 3

Walt 2502 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Thomadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Thomadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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