214. Ekasaññaka

Tha-ap 216

Golden bamboo leaves rest among living green stems in a shaded grove.

Walt 2335 I saw the Teacher’s robe of rags,
stuck up in the top of a tree.
Having pressed my hands together
I worshipped the Buddha’s rag-robe. Verse 1

Walt 2336 In the thirty-one aeons since
I obtained that perception then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 2

Walt 2337 In the twenty-fifth aeon hence
there was one lord of the people
known by the name Amitābhā,
a wheel-turning king with great strength. Verse 3

Walt 2338 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Ekasaññaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekasaññaka Thera is finished.

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