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283. Paccuggamaniya

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A leaf and a soft ripple on still woodland water.

Walt 2633-2634With a mind that was very clear,
I went out and gave greetings to
Siddhattha Buddha, World’s Torch,
the Physician for Every World,
the Bull of Men, who had arrived
like a lion in the forest,
like a bull of the finest breed,
splendid like an arjuna tree. Verse 1-2

Walt 2635 In the ninety-four aeons since
I went to meet the Bull of Men,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of going to meet. Verse 3

Walt 2636 In the twenty-seventh aeon
hence there was one ruler of men,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
who was named Suparivāra. Verse 4

Walt 2637 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Paccuggamaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Paccuggamaniya Thera is finished.

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

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Whitman College, 2017

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