Tha Ap 513Kureñjiyaphaladāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Kureñjiyaphaladāyaka Chapter, the Fifty-Second

508. {511.} Kureñjiyaphaladāyaka

Walt 5457 I was formerly a hunter,

wandering in the woods back then.

I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,

who was Master of Everything. Verse 1

Walt 5458 Carrying kureñjiya fruit,

I gave it to the Best Buddha,

the Field of Merit, the Hero,

feeling well- pleased by my own hands. Verse 2

Walt 5459 In the thirty-one aeons since

I gave him that fruit at that time,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 3

Walt 5460 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 4

Walt 5461 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 5

Walt 5462 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Kureñjiyaphaladāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kureñjiyaphaladāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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