Tha Ap 275Caṅgoṭakiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

273. Caṅgoṭakiya

Walt 2591 While dwelling amidst the mountains,

living off of food from the sea,

not wishing to fall backwards I

did make a donation, a box. Verse 1

Walt 2592 After giving a box of blooms

to Siddhattha, the Greatest Sage,

the Pitier of All Beings,

an aeon I joyed in heaven. Verse 2

Walt 2593 In the ninety-four aeons since

I gave that box to Buddha then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of giving a box. Verse 3

Walt 2594 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Caṅgoṭakiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Caṅgoṭakiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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