Tha Ap 507Pāraphaliya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

502. {505.} Pāraphaliya

Walt 5420 I saw the golden Sambuddha,

Sacrificial Recipient,

who had entered onto the road,

shining like a dinner-plate tree. Verse 1

Walt 5421 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave him pāra -fruit back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 2

Walt 5422 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 3

Walt 5423 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 4

Walt 5424 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Pāraphaliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pāraphaliya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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