209. Ādhāradāyaka

Tha-ap 211

A single dew drop hangs beneath a slender blade of grass.

Walt 2309 A stool was donated by me
to Sikhi, Kinsman of the World.
Then I was the possessor of
all the land in this entire earth. Verse 1

Walt 2310 My defilements are all burnt up,
every existence is canceled.
I now possess my last body
in the Buddha’s dispensation. Verse 2

Walt 2311 In the twenty-seventh aeon
hence there existed four people
all named Samantacaraṇa,
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 3

Walt 2312 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Ādhāradāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ādhāradāyaka Thera is finished.

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