346. {349.} Tiṇḍukaphaladāyaka

Tha-ap 351

A delicate fallen leaf resting in the last light of dusk.

Walt 3132 I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
the Flood-Crosser, Undefiled One,
sitting down on a mountainside,
shining like a dinner-plate tree. Verse 1

Walt 3133 Seeing wild mangosteen in bloom,
I broke off sprigs with fruit on them.
Happy, my heart filled with pleasure,
I gave them to him, Vessabhu. Verse 2

Walt 3134 In the ninety-one aeons since
I gave that fruit to the Buddha,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 3

Walt 3135 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Tiṇḍukaphaladāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tiṇḍukaphaladāyaka Thera is finished.

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