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169. Samādapaka

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A wild bee approaching a pale clover blossom in a meadow.

Walt 2093 In the city, Bandhumatī,
there was a large multitude then.
I was most excellent of them,
and they were all my companions. Verse 1

Walt 2094 Having called them all together
I then promoted good karma,
“let’s build the unsurpassed merit-field,
the monks’ Assembly, a building.” Verse 2

Walt 2095 Those followers of my wishes
agreed by saying, “Excellent!”
and when they finished the building,
we gave it to Vipassi then. Verse 3

Walt 2096 In the ninety-one aeons since
I gave him that building back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving buildings. Verse 4

Walt 2097 In the fifty-ninth aeon hence
there was one lord of the people,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
known by the name of Āveyya. Verse 5

Walt 2098 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Samādapaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Samādapaka Thera is finished.

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