94. Sucidāyaka

Tha-ap 96

Walt 1571 I was formerly a blacksmith
in the fine city Bandhumā.
I gave the gift of a needle
to Vipassi, the Sage so Great. Verse 1

Walt 1572 Due to such karma my knowledge
is now just like a top diamond.
I have no lust, I’m fully free;
I have attained arahantship. Verse 2

Walt 1573 With knowledge I learn everything
about all past existences
and present ones and future ones:
that is the fruit of needle-gifts. Verse 3

Walt 1574 In the ninety-first aeon thence
lived seven Vajirasamas,
wheel-turning kings with great power,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 1575 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Sucidāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sucidāyaka Thera is finished.

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