Tha Ap 357Daṇḍadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

352. {355.} Daṇḍadāyaka

Walt 3157 Plunged into the forest, the woods,

I cut down some bamboo back then.

Having taken a walking stick,

I gave it to the Assembly. Verse 1

Walt 3158 Due to the pleasure in my heart,

honored with, “happiness to you!,”

having given that walking stick,

I departed, facing the north. Verse 2

Walt 3159 In the ninety-four aeons since

I gave the monks that stick back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of giving a stick. Verse 3

Walt 3160 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Daṇḍadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Daṇḍadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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