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tha-ap.276 Thera Apadana

Abbhañjanadāyaka

Unguent was given by me
to Koṇḍañña, the Blessed One,
Free of Passion, the Neutral One,
Whose Mind was as Wide as the Sky,
Non-Delayed One, Meditator,
Turner-back of All Delusion,
the Well-Wisher of Every World,
the Biped Lord, Neutral One.

During aeons beyond measure
since I gave Buddha unguent,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of giving unguent.

In the fifteenth aeon ago
there was a ruler, Cirappa,
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 Abbhañjanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Abbhañjanadāyaka Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala