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tha-ap.531 Thera Apadana

Āmaṇḍaphaladāyaka

The Victor, Padumuttara,
was a Master of Everything.
RIsing up from meditation,
the World-Leader walked back and forth.

Having taken a khāri-load,
I was carrying fruit just then.
I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
the Great Sage, walking back and forth.

Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
hands pressed together on my head,
saluting him, the Sambuddha,
I gave him a castor-oil fruit.

In the hundred thousand aeons,
since I gave that fruit at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of castor-oil fruit.

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 Āmaṇḍaphaladāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Āmaṇḍaphaladāyaka Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala