Tha Ap 381Sumanadāmadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

376. {379.} Sumanadāmadāyaka

Walt 3267 Having made a wreath of jasmine,

I stood carrying it in front

of Siddhattha, the Blessed One,

the Well-Bathed One, the Ascetic. Verse 1

Walt 3268 In the ninety-four aeons since

I carried that wreath of jasmine ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit in carrying jasmine. Verse 2

Walt 3269 My being in 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 3270 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 4

Walt 3271 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Sumanadāmadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sumanadāmadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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