308. Anulepadāyaka

Tha-ap 310

A small clear wave washes across smooth shoreline pebbles.

Walt 2755 I saw a monk, a follower,
of Atthadassi Buddha, Sage.
I approached while he was doing
repairs on the boundary there. Verse 1

Walt 2756 When the repairs were completed,
I donated ointment to him,
happy, my heart filled with pleasure
in the unsurpassed merit-field. Verse 2

Walt 2757 In the eighteen-hundred aeons
since I did that good karma then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving ointment. Verse 3

Walt 2758 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Anulepadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Anulepadāyaka Thera is finished.

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