Tha Ap 305Paramannadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

303. Paramannadāyaka

Walt 2725 I saw the Buddha, Vipassi,

the World’s Best, the Bull among Men,

shining like a dinner-plate tree,

just like the sun when it rises. Verse 1

Walt 2726 Pressing both my hands together,

I brought Buddha to my own house.

Having brought the Sambuddha there,

I donated milk-rice to him . Verse 2

Walt 2727 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave that milk-rice to him then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of milk-rice-gifts. Verse 3

Walt 2728 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Paramannadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Paramannadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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