Tha Ap 254Ekāsanadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

252. Ekāsanadāyaka

Walt 2503 Sloughing off my godly color,

I came to this place with my wife,

desiring to do service to

the Best Buddha’s dispensation. Verse 1

Walt 2504 Padumuttara’s follower

was known by the name Devala.

With a mind that was very clear,

I provided alms-food to him. Verse 2

Walt 2505 In the hundred thousand aeons

since I did that good karma then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of giving begged alms. Verse 3

Walt 2506 The four analytical modes

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered:

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Ekāsanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekāsanadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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