132. Sudassana

Walt 1879 On the Vitattha River’s bank,
there was a fig tree bearing fruit.
While I was searching for that tree
I saw the Leader of the World. Verse 1

Walt 1880 Seeing a pandanus in bloom,
after having cut off a stalk,
I gifted it to the Buddha,
Sikhi, the Kinsman of the World. Verse 2

Walt 1881 “Whatever knowledge you’ve attained
of the eternal, deathless, state,
I sing that knowledge’s praises,
O Best Buddha, O Sage so Great.” Verse 3

Walt 1882 Doing pūjā thus for knowledge,
I then saw the fruiting fig tree;
I have obtained that perception:
that’s the fruit of knowledge-pūjā. Verse 4

Walt 1883 In the thirty-one aeons since
I offered that flower to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of knowledge-pūjā. Verse 5

Walt 1884 In the thirteenth aeon ago
there were twelve named Phaluggata,
wheel-turning kings with great power,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 6

Walt 1885 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Sudassana Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sudassana Thera is finished.