Tha Ap 320Tiraṁsiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

318. Tiraṁsiya

Walt 2806 On a mountainside, Siddhattha,

like a lion which is well-born,

had lit up all the directions,

like a fire-mass on the mountain. Verse 1

Walt 2807 Having seen Buddha’s effulgence,

like the effulgence of the sun,

and like the moon’s effulgence too ,

great happiness arose for me. Verse 2

Walt 2808 Seeing the three effulgences,

seeing the Ultimate Hearer,

placing deer-hide on one shoulder,

I praised the Leader of the World. Verse 3

Walt 2809 The three makers of effulgence

dispelling darkness in the world,

are the moon, and also the sun,

and Buddha, Leader of the World. Verse 4

Walt 2810 Illustrating these similes,

I spoke praises of the Great Sage.

Having extolled Buddha’s virtues,

I joyed an aeon in heaven. Verse 5

Walt 2811 In the ninety-four aeons since

I extolled the Buddha back then ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of extolling. Verse 6

Walt 2812 In the sixty-first aeon hence

there was one man , Ñāṇadhara,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 7

Walt 2813 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 8

Thus indeed Venerable Tiraṁsiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tiraṁsiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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