Tha Ap 257Sattapāṭaliya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

255. Sattapāṭaliya

Walt 2515 Seven trumpet-flower blossoms

I then offered to the Buddha,

shining like a dinner-plate tree,

sitting down within a mountain. Verse 1

Walt 2516 In the ninety-four aeons since

I did pūjā with that flower,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Buddha- pūjā . Verse 2

Walt 2517 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Sattapāṭaliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sattapāṭaliya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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