Tha Ap 39Lasuṇadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

37. Lasuṇadāyaka

Walt 1091 I was an ascetic back then

not far from the Himalayas.

I sustained myself on garlic;

garlic was then my only food. Verse 1

Walt 1092 After filling some khāriyas

I went to a monastery.

I gave the Assembly garlic,

happy, and with a happy heart. Verse 2

Walt 1093 Giving the Assembly garlic,

intent on the dispensation

of Vipassi, the Top Person,

I then delighted in heaven. Verse 3

Walt 1094 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave them that garlic back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of cloves of garlic. Verse 4

Walt 1095 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Lasuṇadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Lasuṇadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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