Tha Ap 94Sucintita

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

92. Sucintita

Walt 1560 Happy, and with a happy heart,

I gave a new auspicious chair

to Tissa the Lord of the World,

the Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun. Verse 1

Walt 1561 Eight and thirty aeons ago

I was the king, Mahāruci.

There were lots of riches for me

and many beds to sit upon . Verse 2

Walt 1562 Having given Buddha a chair

with a mind that was very clear,

I experienced my own karma

well-done by myself formerly. Verse 3

Walt 1563 In the ninety-two aeons since

I gifted him that chair back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of a chair-gift. Verse 4

Walt 1564 Eight and thirty aeons ago

there were three wheel-turning monarchs:

Ruci and Uparuci too,

and Mahāruci was the third. Verse 5

Walt 1565 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Sucintita Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sucintita Thera is finished

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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