279. Ekapuṇḍarīka (THA-AP281)

The Self-Become, Bright Buddha then
was known by the name Romasa.
I gifted him a white lotus,
with a mind that was very clear.

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

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

Thus indeed Venerable Ekapuṇḍarīka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekapuṇḍarīka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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