230. Ekavandiya

Tha-ap 232

A pine on a rocky ledge above mountain ridges and pale dawn mist.

Walt 2420 Cheerful, with pleasure in my heart,
I worshipped the Best of Buddhas,
Vessabhu, Victorious One,
the Bull, the Excellent, Hero. Verse 1

Walt 2421 In the thirty-one aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of worshipping. Verse 2

Walt 2422 In the twenty-fourth aeon hence
lived one named Vigatānanda,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2423 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Ekavandiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekavandiya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Ālambana and Ajina,
Maṁsa, Ārakkhadāyaka,
Avyādhi, Aṅkola, Soṇṇa,
Miñja, Āveḷa, Vandana;
fifty-five verses are counted
by those ones who know the meaning.

The Ālambanadāyaka Chapter, the Twenty-Third

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