157. Tiṇasulaka

Tha-ap 159

A sheltered meadow beside a quiet mountain tarn.

Walt 2027 In the Himalayan region,
there’s a mountain, Bhūtagaṇa.
One Lonely Victor did live there,
Self-Become, a World-Rejecter. Verse 1

Walt 2028 Having taken jasmine flowers
I offered them to the Buddha.
One less than a lakh of aeons
I did not fall back in rebirth. Verse 2

Walt 2029 In the eleventh aeon hence
I was one Dharaṇīruha,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2030 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Tiṇasulaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tiṇasulaka Thera is finished.

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