Tha Ap 273Suvaṇṇabimbohaniya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Suvaṇṇabimbohana Chapter, the Twenty-Eighth

271. Suvaṇṇabimbohaniya

Walt 2582 I donated a single chair,

feeling well- pleased by my own hands,

and I also gave a pillow,

wishing for the ultimate goal. Verse 1

Walt 2583 In the ninety-one aeons since

I donated that pillow then ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of a pillow. Verse 2

Walt 2584 In the sixty-third aeon hence

was the ruler named Asama,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2585 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Suvaṇṇabimbohaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Suvaṇṇabimbohaniya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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