259. Kuṭidāyaka (THA-AP261)

At that time the Sambuddha dwelt
at tree-root, wandering the woods.
Fashioning a hall of leaves, I
gave it for the Unconquered One.

In the ninety-one aeons since
I gave that hut of leaves to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of hut-donations.

In the thirty-eighth aeon hence
there were sixteen men who were kings,
wheel-turning monarchs who were called,
quote, Sabbattha-abhivassi.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Kuṭidāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kuṭidāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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