250. Uddāladāyaka

Tha-ap 252

Slender reeds lean together in a light breeze beside still water.

Walt 2495 The Buddha named Kakusandha
the Self-Become One, Unconquered,
coming out from the great forest
had arrived at a big river. Verse 1

Walt 2496 Taking a golden shower bloom,
having a mind full of pleasure,
I gave it to the Self-Become,
Self-Controlled One, the Honest One. Verse 2

Walt 2497 In the thirty-one aeons since
I did pūjā with that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of flower-pūjā. Verse 3

Walt 2498 The four analytical modes
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered:
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Uddāladāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Uddāladāyaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Tuvara, Nāga, Nalinā,
Virava, Kuṭidhūpaka,
Patta, Dhātu, Pāṭaliya,
and Bimbi; with Uddālaka
thirty-seven verses counted
by those ones who know the meaning.

The Tuvaradāya Chapter, the Twenty-Fifth

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Whitman College, 2017

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