Tha Ap 304Sabbagandhiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

302. Sabbagandhiya

Walt 2721 I gave a garland of flowers

to Vipassi Buddha , Great Sage,

and I gave to the Upright One

a piece of the finest silk cloth. Verse 1

Walt 2722 In the ninety-one aeons since

I formerly gave him that cloth,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of giving perfumes. Verse 2

Walt 2723 In the fifteenth aeon ago

lived a ruler named Sucela,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2724 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Sabbagandhiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sabbagandhiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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