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128. Ñāṇasaññaka

Tha-ap 130

A clear woodland spring emerging between layers of stone.

Walt 1849 I resided on a mountain
in the Himalayan Mountains.
Having seen some pure white sand I
recollected the Best Buddha: Verse 1

Walt 1850 “Knowledge has no analogy;
neither does meeting the Teacher.
After learning all the Teaching
one is set free by that knowledge. Verse 2

Walt 1851 Praise to you, O Well-Bred Person!
Praise to you, Ultimate Person!
There’s no one who’s the same as you
in terms of knowledge, Best of Men.” Verse 3

Walt 1852 Having pleased my heart in knowledge,
I thrilled an aeon in heaven.
During the aeons that remained,
I completed that good karma.Verse 4

Walt 1853 In the ninety-one aeons since
I obtained that perception then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of knowledge-perception. Verse 5

Walt 1854 In the seventy-third aeon
one named Puḷinapupphiya
was a wheel-turner with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 6

Walt 1855 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Ñāṇasaññaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ñāṇasaññaka Thera is finished.

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Translation by Jonathan S. Walters · SuttaCentral · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US

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Whitman College, 2017

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