Tha Ap 59Pañcadīpika

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

57. Pañcadīpika

Walt 1307 After praising the true Teaching

of Buddha Padumuttara

who took pity on all creatures,

I was one who had upright views. Verse 1

Walt 1308 I donated a gift of lamps

to surround the great Bodhi Tree.

Believing in the Buddha I

then lit those lamps all of the time. Verse 2

Walt 1309 In whichever womb I’m reborn

whether it’s human or divine,

torches are carried in the sky:

that is the fruit of giving lamps. Verse 3

Walt 1310 Right through walls, also right through rocks,

and passing over mountain -top s,

I can see in all directions

even one hundred leagues distant . Verse 4

Walt 1312 Through the rest of that good karma

I have attained arahantship.

I’m bearing my last body in

the Biped-Lord’s dispensation. Verse 5

Walt 1311 Thirty-four hundred aeons thence

I was known as Satacakkhu;

I was a king with great power,

a wheel-turner who had great strength. Verse 6

Walt 1313 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Pañcadīpika Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pañcadīpika Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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