Tha Ap 362Piṇḍapātika

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

357. {360.} Piṇḍapātika

Walt 3176 The Sambuddha was named Tissa;

he dwelt in the forest back then.

Coming here from Tusitā, I

I gave alms food to that Buddha . Verse 1

Walt 3177 I saluted the Sambuddha,

the Greatly Famed One named Tissa.

Bringing pleasure to my own heart,

I then went back to Tusitā. Verse 2

Walt 3178 In the ninety-two aeons since

I gave that almsgiving back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of giving alms food. Verse 3

Walt 3179 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Piṇḍapātika Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Piṇḍapātika Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Saddasañña, Yavasika,

Kiṁsuka, ‘Raṇḍapupphiya,

Ālamba and Ambayāgu,

Supuṭi, Sajjhadāyaka,

Saraṇaṅ and Piṇḍapāta

make exactly forty verses.

The Saddasaññaka Chapter, the Thirty-Sixth

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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