299. Ambapiṇḍiya

Tha-ap 301

Dandelion seeds catching soft light above a meadow.

Walt 2710 I was a famous titan then,
known by the name of Romasa.
I gave some mangoes as alms food
to Vipassi Buddha, Great Sage. Verse 1

Walt 2711 In the ninety-one aeons since
I gave him those mangoes back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving mangoes. Verse 2

Walt 2712 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Ambapiṇḍiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ambapiṇḍiya Thera is finished.

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