249. Bimbijāliya

Tha-ap 251

Terraces of ripening grain curve across a quiet green valley.

Walt 2491 The Victor Padumuttara,
Self-Become One, the Chief Person,
explaining the Four Noble Truths,
declared the path to deathlessness. Verse 1

Walt 2492 At that time I then spread out there
flowers called bimbijālika
and offered them to the Buddha,
Lord of Bipeds, the Neutral One. Verse 2

Walt 2493 In the sixty-eighth aeon hence
were four named Kiñjakesara,
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2494 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Bimbijāliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Bimbijāliya Thera is finished.

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TherāpadānaThe collection containing this text
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Theravāda traditionsTransmission and study context
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Four noble truths

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