29. Ekañjalika (THA-AP31)

I saw the golden Sambuddha
as he traveled through the bazaar,
Vipassi, Top Caravan Leader,
Hero Among Men, the Great Guide,
Untamed-Tamer, the Neutral One,
Great Debater, the Sage So Great,
and pleased, with happiness of mind,
I pressed my hands together once.

In the ninety-one aeons since
I pressed my hands together once,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth;
that is the fruit of saluting.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Ekañjalika Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekañjalika Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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