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256. ‘Pāhanadāyaka

Tha-ap 258

Flat stepping stones cross a clear stream toward a grassy bank.

Walt 2518 Back then I was the Buddha’s son,
a boy whose name was Candana.
I donated one of my shoes
when your Awakening occurred. Verse 1

Walt 2519 In the ninety-one aeons since
I donated that shoe back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of a gifted shoe. Verse 2

Walt 2520 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances;
six special knowledges mastered:
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable ‘Pāhanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of ‘Pāhanadāyaka Thera is finished.

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Translation by Jonathan S. Walters · SuttaCentral · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US

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Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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