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288. Sattāhapabbajita

Tha-ap 290

Morning reflections on a pond bordered by reeds.

Walt 2655 Honored and revered were the monks
of Vipassi, the Blessed One.
Calamity’d befallen me;
there was a family rift at home. Verse 1

Walt 2656 Entering renunciation
in order to allay my grief,
I spent a week there blissfully,
desiring the Teacher’s teaching. Verse 2

Walt 2657 In the ninety-one aeons since
I went forth a renouncer then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of renunciation. Verse 3

Walt 2658 In the sixty-seventh aeon
hence, there were seven lords of earth
who were all called Sunikkhama,
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 4

Walt 2659 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Sattāhapabbajita Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sattāhapabbajita Thera is finished.

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