357. {360.} Piṇḍapātika (THA-AP362)

The Sambuddha was named Tissa;
he dwelt in the forest back then.
Coming here from Tusitā, I
I gave alms food to that Buddha.

I saluted the Sambuddha,
the Greatly Famed One named Tissa.
Bringing pleasure to my own heart,
I then went back to Tusitā.

In the ninety-two aeons since
I gave that almsgiving back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving alms food.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Piṇḍapātika Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Piṇḍapātika Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Saddasañña, Yavasika,
Kiṁsuka, ‘Raṇḍapupphiya,
Ālamba and Ambayāgu,
Supuṭi, Sajjhadāyaka,
Saraṇaṅ and Piṇḍapāta
make exactly forty verses.

The Saddasaññaka Chapter, the Thirty-Sixth

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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