Tha Ap 361Saraṇāgamaniya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

356. {359.} Saraṇāgamaniya

Walt 3173 We boarded a boat at that time,

monk and I, an ajīvaka .

When the boat was broken to bits,

that Buddhist monk gave me refuge. Verse 1

Walt 3174 In the thirty-one aeons since

he gave refuge to me back then ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of going for refuge. Verse 2

Walt 3175 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Saraṇāgamaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Saraṇāgamaniya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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