Tha Ap 266Araṇadīpiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

264. Araṇadīpiya

Walt 2553 I, being reborn as a god,

coming down to the earth back then,

made a donation of five lamps,

feeling well- pleased by my own hands. Verse 1

Walt 2554 In the ninety-four aeons since

I donated that lamp back then,

I’ve come to no know bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of lamp-donations. Verse 2

Walt 2555 In the fifty-fifth aeon hence

there lived one ruler of the earth,

who was named Samantacakkhu,

a wheel-turning king with great strength. Verse 3

Walt 2556 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Araṇadīpiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Araṇadīpiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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