278. Āluvadāyaka

Tha-ap 280

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

Walt 2612 On a Himalayan mountain
flows the great Indus, beautiful.
There I saw the Passionless One,
the Radiant One, Beautiful. Verse 1

Walt 2613 Amazed after I had seen him,
Engaged in the Ultimate Calm,
I gave some bulbous roots to him,
feeling well-pleased by my own hands. Verse 2

Walt 2614 In the thirty-one aeons since
I gave those bulbous roots back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of bulbous-root-gifts. Verse 3

Walt 2615 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered:
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Āluvadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Āluvadāyaka Thera is finished.

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