Tha Ap 454Morahatthiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

449. {452.} Morahatthiya

Walt 4805 Collecting some peacock feathers,

I then approached the World-Leader.

Happy, with pleasure in my heart,

I gave him those peacock feathers. Verse 1

Walt 4806 Through those peacock feathers, given

with intention and firm resolve,

the three fires are blown out in me;

I’m receiving huge happiness. Verse 2

Walt 4807 O! the Buddha! O! the Teaching!

O! our Teacher’s great achievement!

Having given peacock feathers,

I’m receiving huge happiness. Verse 3

Walt 4808 The three fires are blown out in me;

all new existence is destroyed;

all the defilements are exhausted,

I am now living, undefiled. Verse 4

Walt 4809 In the thirty-one aeons since

I gave him that donation then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of peacock feathers. Verse 5

Walt 4810 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 6

Walt 4811 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 7

Walt 4812 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 8

Thus indeed Venerable Morahatthiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Morahatthiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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