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505. {508.} Amoraphaliya

Tha-ap 510

Green, bronze and dry oak leaves beside an acorn on moss.

Walt 5437 I gave a fruit called amora
to the Gold-Colored Sambuddha,
Sacrificial Recipient,
who had entered onto the road. Verse 1

Walt 5438 In the ninety-one aeons since
I gave him that fruit at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 2

Walt 5439 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 3

Walt 5440 Being in Best Buddha’s presence
was a very good thing for me.
The three knowledges are attained;
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Walt 5441 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Amoraphaliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Amoraphaliya Thera is finished.

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Whitman College, 2017

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