177. Ekadīpiya

Tha-ap 179

Sunlit grass seed heads beside a quiet woodland path.

Walt 2133 With a pleased heart and happy mind,
I gave a single lamp back then
at the superb Saḷala Bodhi
of the Sage, Padumuttara. Verse 1

Walt 2134 Transmigrating in existence,
reborn with great heaps of merit,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of a lamp-gift. Verse 2

Walt 2135 In the sixteen-thousandth aeon
there were these four different men then,
all known by the name Candābha,
wheel-turning kings with great power. Verse 3

Walt 2136 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Ekadīpiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekadīpiya Thera is finished.

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