Tha Ap 265Aḍḍhacandiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

263. Aḍḍhacandiya

Walt 2549 A half-moon was given by me

at the tree rising up from earth,

at the feet of Blessed Tissa’s

Bodhi, a crocodile-bark tree . Verse 1

Walt 2550 In the ninety-two aeons since

I offered that flower to it ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

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

Walt 2551 In the twenty-fifth aeon hence

a kṣatriyan named Devapa

was a wheel-turner with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2552 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Aḍḍhacandiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Aḍḍhacandiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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