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tha-ap.38 Thera Apadana

Adhimutta

When the World-Chief Atthadassi,
the Ultimate Man, passed away,
with a mind that was very clear
I summoned the monks’ Assembly.

Inviting the Assembly-gem
which was upright and well-settled,
and having built a pavilion,
I fed sugar cane to those monks.

In whichever womb I’m reborn,
whether it’s human or divine,
I surpass all other creatures;
that is the fruit of good karma.

In the eighteen hundred aeons
since I gave him that gift back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of sugar-cane gifts.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Adhimutta Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Adhimutta Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala