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tha-ap.227 Thera Apadana

Avyādhika

I gave a heated room back then
to Vipassi, the Blessed One,
and a residence for the ill
which was furnished with hot water.

As a result of that good deed,
my own state of being is good.
I have come to know no illness:
that is the fruit of good karma.

In the ninety-one aeons since
I donated that heated room,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of a heated room.

In the seventh aeon ago
there was one Aparājita,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems.

The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!

Thus indeed Venerable Avyādhika Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Avyādhika Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala