Tha Ap 63Sakacittaniya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Sakacittaniya Chapter, the Seventh

61. Sakacittaniya

Walt 1349 Seeing a grove in the forest,

very quiet and undisturbed,

a place for sages’ practices

and receipt of sacrifices, Verse 1

Walt 1350 making a stupa of bamboo

which was strewn with varied flowers,

I then worshipped my creation

as though facing the Sambuddha. Verse 2

Walt 1351 I was king, lord of a country,

possessor of the seven gems.

I delighted in my karma:

that’s the fruit of stupa- pūjā . Verse 3

Walt 1352 In the ninety-one aeons since

I honored him with flowers then ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of stupa- pūjā . Verse 4

Walt 1353 Eighty aeons ago I was

possessor of the seven gems,

wheel-turner Anantayasa,

the lord of the four continents. Verse 5

Walt 1354 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Sakacittaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sakacittaniya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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