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tha-ap.283 Thera Apadana

Paṇṇadāyaka

Sitting in a room made of leaves,
I am feeding on leaves as food.
Siddhattha Buddha, the World’s Torch,
the Physician for Every World,
the Greatest Sage then did approach
me seated in that room of leaves.
I gave leaves to him when he was
sitting on a mat made of leaves.

In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave those leaves to him back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of giving leaves.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Paṇṇadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Paṇṇadāyaka Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala