Tha Ap 377Sattapaṇṇiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

372. {375.} Sattapaṇṇiya

Walt 3247 The Sambuddha named Sumana

was born, the Leader of the World.

Happy, with pleasure in my heart,

I offered ruk-attana blooms. Verse 1

Walt 3248 In the hundred thousand aeons

since I offered ruk-attana ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

fruit of ruk-attana-pūjā . Verse 2

Walt 3249 Being in Best Buddha’s presence

was a very good thing for me.

The three knowledges are attained;

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Walt 3250 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 4

Walt 3251 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Sattapaṇṇiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sattapaṇṇiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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