Tha Ap 70Ambadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

68. Ambadāyaka

Walt 1401 Anomadassi, Blessed One,

while sitting on a mountain did

spread this endless world with loving-

kindness, the One Without Desires. Verse 1

Walt 1402 I was a monkey at that time

in the supreme Himalayas.

Having seen Anoma, Boundless,

my heart was pleased in the Buddha. Verse 2

Walt 1403 In the Himalayan region

mango trees were bearing fruit then.

Therefore, taking a mango fruit

I gave it, with a honey-comb. Verse 3

Walt 1404 Anomadassi, the Great Sage,

Buddha prophesied this to me:

“because of both this honey-gift

and too this gift of mango fruit, Verse 4

Walt 1405 you’ll delight in the world of gods

for fifty-seven aeons hence .

You will transmigrate in a mix

for all the remaining aeons. Verse 5

Walt 1406 Having cast off evil karma

and with mature intelligence,

departing from this place of grief

you will destroy your defilements.” Verse 6

Walt 1407 I’ve been tamed by the Sage So Great

by means of the superb taming.

I’ve attained the unshaking state

beyond all conquest and defeat. Verse 7

Walt 1408 Seventy-seven aeons hence

there were fourteen different kings then

who were all named Ambaṭṭhaja

wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 8

Walt 1409 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 9

Thus indeed Venerable Ambadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ambadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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