Tha Ap 58Saparivārāsana

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

56. Saparivārāsana

Walt 1300 I gave alms-food which was begged for

to Padumuttara Buddha.

Going to the place where he ate,

I scattered jasmine flowers there . Verse 1

Walt 1301 Seated on that seat, the Buddha,

the Top Leader of the Whole World,

the Upright and Attentive One

praised that alms-food which was begged for. Verse 2

Walt 1302 “Just as even a little seed

when planted in a fertile field

will bear completely when it rains

fruit that brings the plowman delight, Verse 3

Walt 1303 so too this alms-food which was begged,

planted in a good field by you;

When you’re reborn in existence

you will be pleased with the fruit then .” Verse 4

Walt 1304 Having said this, the Sambuddha

whose name was that of the lotus,

extolling alms-food which is begged,

then departed facing the north. Verse 5

Walt 1305 Self-controlled in the monks’ precepts

and in the five organs of sense,

being one bound to solitude

I’m living without defilements. Verse 6

Walt 1306 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Saparivārāsana Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Saparivārāsana Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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