368. {371.} Bodhivandaka

Tha-ap 373

A woodland stream dividing around a mossy island.

Walt 3220 I saw a green pāṭali tree,
foot-drinker growing in the earth.
Resolutely pressing my hands,
I worshipped that pāṭali tree. Verse 1

Walt 3221-3222Having pressed hands together,
filling my mind with reverence,
purified both inside and out,
I worshipped that pāṭali tree
as though before the Sambuddha,
Well-Liberated, Undefiled,
Vipassi, Honored by the World,
Sea of Compassion and Knowledge. Verse 2-3

Walt 3223 In the ninety-one aeons since
I worshipped that Bodhi tree then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of worshipping. Verse 4

Walt 3224 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Bodhivandaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Bodhivandaka Thera is finished.

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