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293. Chattadāyaka

Tha-ap 295

Tiny meadow blossoms among softly lit grasses.

Walt 2681 My son was a renouncer then,
wearing a saffron-colored robe.
He had realized Buddhahood
and nirvana, Lamp of the World. Verse 1

Walt 2682 Finding out about my own son,
afterwards I went to that place,
I went to the funeral pyre
of the Great One who’d passed away.Verse 2

Walt 2683 Pressing my hands together there,
I worshipped the funeral pyre,
and taking a white umbrella
I raised it up there at that time. Verse 3

Walt 2684 In the ninety-four aeons since
I offered that white umbrella,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of giving umbrellas. Verse 4

Walt 2685 In the twenty-fifth aeon hence
there were seven lords of people
whose names all were Mahārahā,
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 5

Walt 2686 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Chattadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Chattadāyaka Thera is finished.

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Whitman College, 2017

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