Tha Ap 89Phaladāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

87. Phaladāyaka

Walt 1535 On a Himalayan mountain,

wearing a rough deer-leather robe,

with fruit in hand, I saw Phussa,

Best Victor, and gave him the fruit. Verse 1

Walt 1536 That fruit which I gave to him then

with a mind that was very clear,

came into being as fruit for me

transmigrating in existence. Verse 2

Walt 1537 In the ninety-two aeons since

I gave that fruit to him back then ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 3

Walt 1538 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Phaladāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Phaladāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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