Tha Ap 74Padasaññaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

72. Padasaññaka

Walt 1427 As it stepped I saw the foot of

Tissa, the Kinsman of the Sun.

Happy, and with a happy heart,

I pleased my heart over that foot. Verse 1

Walt 1428 In the ninety-two aeons since

I obtained that perception then ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of foot-perception. Verse 2

Walt 1429 In the seventh aeon ago

the Kṣatriyan named Sumedha

was a wheel-turner with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 1430 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Padasaññaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Padasaññaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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