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tha-ap.300 Thera Apadana

Saraṇagamaniya

On a Himalayan mountain,
I was a hunter at that time.
I saw the Buddha, Vipassi,
the World’s Best, the Bull of Men.

Attending on the Sambuddha
I did what’s proper for elders,
and then I went to the Biped Lord,
the Neutral Buddha, for refuge.

In the ninety-one aeons since
I went for refuge at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of going for refuge.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Saraṇagamaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Saraṇagamaniya Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala