Tha Ap 90Saddasaññaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

88. Saddasaññaka

Walt 1539 On a Himalayan mountain,

while dwelling on a mat of leaves,

I pleased my heart over the sound

of Phussa preaching the Dhamma . Verse 1

Walt 1540 In the ninety-two aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of good karma. Verse 2

Walt 1541 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Saddasaññaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Saddasaññaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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