Tha Ap 78Tiṇasanthāradāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

76. Tiṇasanthāradāyaka

Walt 1444 In the Himalayan region

there was a great lake full of life.

It was covered with lotuses

and was the lair of varied birds. Verse 1

Walt 1445 I was living in that region,

bathing and drinking in that lake .

I saw the Top Among the Monks

traveling across the sky then . Verse 2

Walt 1446 Discerning what I was thinking,

the Teacher, Peerless in the World,

having descended from the sky,

stood on the ground there at that time. Verse 3

Walt 1447 Taking some grass cut with a horn

I gave him a mat to sit on.

The Blessed One did sit down there,

Tissa the Guide of the Whole World. Verse 4

Walt 1448 Bringing pleasure to my own heart,

I then worshipped the World-Leader.

Crouched over I went off from there

thinking about the Sage so Great. Verse 5

Walt 1449 Due to that pleasure in my heart,

I was reborn in Nimmāna.

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of a mat -gift . Verse 6

Walt 1450 I was King Migasammata

in the second aeon ago ,

a wheel-turner with great power,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 7

Walt 1451 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 8

Thus indeed Venerable Tiṇasanthāraka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tiṇasanthāradāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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