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tha-ap.524 Thera Apadana

Pecchadāyaka

I gifted one thing called peccha,
with great pleasure, with both my hands,
to Vipassi, the Blessed One,
the World’s Best One, the Neutral One.

Elephant and horse vehicles,
divine vehicles are obtained;
due to that gift of a peccha,
I attained my arahantship.

In the ninety-one aeons since
I gave him that peccha back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of giving a peccha.

My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint.

Being in Best Buddha’s presence
was a very good thing for me.
The three knowledges are attained;
I have done what the Buddha taught!

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

Thus indeed Venerable Pecchadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pecchadāyaka Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala