Tha Ap 301Ambapiṇḍiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

299. Ambapiṇḍiya

Walt 2710 I was a famous titan then,

known by the name of Romasa.

I gave some mangoes as alms food

to Vipassi Buddha , Great Sage. Verse 1

Walt 2711 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave him those mangoes back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of giving mangoes. Verse 2

Walt 2712 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Ambapiṇḍiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ambapiṇḍiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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