271. Suvaṇṇabimbohaniya

Tha-ap 273

Clear spring water flowing across ascending natural limestone terraces.

Walt 2582 I donated a single chair,
feeling well- pleased by my own hands,
and I also gave a pillow,
wishing for the ultimate goal. Verse 1

Walt 2583 In the ninety-one aeons since
I donated that pillow then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of a pillow. Verse 2

Walt 2584 In the sixty-third aeon hence
was the ruler named Asama,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2585 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Suvaṇṇabimbohaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Suvaṇṇabimbohaniya Thera is finished.

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