357. {360.} Piṇḍapātika

Tha-ap 362

Fresh buds open on an old tree branch above pale winter grass.

Walt 3176 The Sambuddha was named Tissa;
he dwelt in the forest back then.
Coming here from Tusitā, I
I gave alms food to that Buddha. Verse 1

Walt 3177 I saluted the Sambuddha,
the Greatly Famed One named Tissa.
Bringing pleasure to my own heart,
I then went back to Tusitā. Verse 2

Walt 3178 In the ninety-two aeons since
I gave that almsgiving back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving alms food. Verse 3

Walt 3179 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Piṇḍapātika Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Piṇḍapātika Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Saddasañña, Yavasika,
Kiṁsuka, ‘Raṇḍapupphiya,
Ālamba and Ambayāgu,
Supuṭi, Sajjhadāyaka,
Saraṇaṅ and Piṇḍapāta
make exactly forty verses.

The Saddasaññaka Chapter, the Thirty-Sixth

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