175. Sīhāsanadāyaka (THA-AP177)

When the World’s Lord reached nirvana,
Padumuttara, the Leader,
I gave a lion-throne to him
with a pleased heart and happy mind.

Bringing happiness to the world,
with very fragrant flowers then
having done a pūjā there, I
did bring relief to many folks.

With a pleased heart and happy mind
worshipping that superb Bodhi,
for one hundred thousand aeons
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth.

In the fifteen-thousandth aeon
there were eight different people,
monarchs who turned the wheel of law,
all known by the name Sīluccaya.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Sīhāsanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sīhāsanadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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