240. Vāsidāyaka (THA-AP242)

In the past I was a blacksmith
in Tivarā, best of cities.
One razor was the gift I made
to an unconquered Lonely One.

In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave him that razor back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of a gifted razor.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Vāsidāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Vāsidāyaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Udakāsanī, Bhājanada
Sālapupphī, Kilañjada,
Vedika and Vaṇṇakāra,
Piyālam, Ambayāgada,
Jagatī and Vāsidāyi:
there are thirty verses plus eight.

The Udakāsanadāyi Chapter, the Twenty-Fourth

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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