36. Adhimutta

Tha-ap 38

Small white alpine flowers bloom in a sheltered crevice of green-gray rock.

Walt 1086 When the World-Chief Atthadassi,
the Ultimate Man, passed away,
with a mind that was very clear
I summoned the monks’ Assembly. Verse 1

Walt 1087 Inviting the Assembly-gem
which was upright and well-settled,
and having built a pavilion,
I fed sugar cane to those monks. Verse 2

Walt 1088 In whichever womb I’m reborn,
whether it’s human or divine,
I surpass all other creatures;
that is the fruit of good karma. Verse 3

Walt 1089 In the eighteen hundred aeons
since I gave him that gift back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of sugar-cane gifts. Verse 4

Walt 1090 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Adhimutta Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Adhimutta Thera is finished.

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