303. Paramannadāyaka

Tha-ap 305

The broad shade of an old rose-apple tree on sunlit earth.

Walt 2725 I saw the Buddha, Vipassi,
the World’s Best, the Bull among Men,
shining like a dinner-plate tree,
just like the sun when it rises. Verse 1

Walt 2726 Pressing both my hands together,
I brought Buddha to my own house.
Having brought the Sambuddha there,
I donated milk-rice to him. Verse 2

Walt 2727 In the ninety-one aeons since
I gave that milk-rice to him then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of milk-rice-gifts. Verse 3

Walt 2728 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Paramannadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Paramannadāyaka Thera is finished.

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