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tha-ap.273 Thera Apadana

Suvaṇṇabimbohaniya

I donated a single chair,
feeling well- pleased by my own hands,
and I also gave a pillow,
wishing for the ultimate goal.

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

In the sixty-third aeon hence
was the ruler named Asama,
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 Suvaṇṇabimbohaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Suvaṇṇabimbohaniya Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala