Tha Ap 31Ekañjalika

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

29. Ekañjalika

Walt 994-995 I saw the golden Sambuddha

as he traveled through the bazaar,

Vipassi, Top Caravan Leader,

Hero Among Men, the Great Guide,

Untamed-Tamer, the Neutral One,

Great Debater, the Sage So Great,

and pleased, with happiness of mind,

I pressed my hands together once. Verse 1-2

Walt 996 In the ninety-one aeons since

I pressed my hands together once,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth;

that is the fruit of saluting. Verse 3

Walt 997 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Ekañjalika Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekañjalika Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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