Tha Ap 274Tilamuṭṭhidāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

272. Tilamuṭṭhidāyaka

Walt 2586 Discerning what I was thinking,

the Teacher, the World’s Chief Leader,

by means of his body made of

mind approached me through his powers. Verse 1

Walt 2587 While attending on the Teacher,

worshipping the Supreme Person,

happy, with pleasure in my heart,

I gave a sesame-handful. Verse 2

Walt 2588 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave a sesame-handful,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

a handful of sesame’s fruit. Verse 3

Walt 2589 In the sixteenth aeon ago

the kṣatriyan named Nandiya

was a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2590 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Tilamuṭṭhidāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tilamuṭṭhidāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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