Tha Ap 88Raṁsisaññaka (2)

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

86. Raṁsisaññaka (2)

Walt 1531 On a Himalayan mountain

I was a bark-clothed ascetic .

Having ascended the walkway

I was seated facing the east. Verse 1

Walt 1532 Then having seen the Well-Gone-One,

Phussa, Lover of Altered States,

on the mountain, I pressed my hands

and pleased my heart in Buddha’s rays. Verse 2

Walt 1533 In the ninety-two aeons since

I obtained that perception there ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of perceiving rays. Verse 3

Walt 1534 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Raṁsisaññaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Raṁsisaññaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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