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137. Atthasandassaka

Tha-ap 139

A faint wisp dissipates above cooled charred wood on gray stones.

Walt 1915 Sitting in a large, peaked building,
I saw the Leader of the World,
Undefiled, Possessing Power,
Honored by the Monks’ Assembly. Verse 1

Walt 1916 “Who is not pleased after seeing
a lakh with the three-fold knowledge,
special knowledges, superpowers,
all surrounding the Sambuddha? Verse 2

Walt 1917 Who is not pleased after seeing
Sambuddha with boundless knowledge,
to whom none comes close in knowledge
in this world with its gods and men? Verse 3

Walt 1918 Who is not pleased after seeing
him, the Whole One, the Mine of Gems,
explaining the Dhamma-body
which no one can ever injure?” Verse 4

Walt 1919 Nārada Saragacchiya
by saying these three verses then
praised Buddha Padumuttara,
the Unconquered, the Sambuddha. Verse 5

Walt 1920 Due to that pleasure in my heart
and my praising of the Buddha,
for one hundred thousand aeons
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth. Verse 6

Walt 1921 In the thirtieth aeon hence
the Kṣatriyan named Sukhitta
was a wheel-turner with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 7

Walt 1922 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 8

Thus indeed Venerable Atthasandassaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Atthasandassaka Thera is finished.

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Whitman College, 2017

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