437. {440.} Jambuphaliya (THA-AP442)

When Padumuttara Buddha,
the World’s Best One, the Neutral One,
was wandering about for alms,
maintaining superlative fame,

taking the best rose-apple fruit,
with a mind that was very clear,
I gave it to the Teacher, the
Hero, the One Deserving Gifts.

O Biped-Lord, O World’s Best One,
Bull of Men, due to that karma,
I’ve attained the unshaking place
beyond all conquest and defeat.

In the hundred thousand aeons
since I gave that donation then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving the best.

My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint.

Being in Best Buddha’s presence
was a very good thing for me.
The three knowledges are attained;
I have done what the Buddha taught!

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

Thus indeed Venerable Jambuphaliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Jambuphaliya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Ekavihārī Thera and
Saṅkhika, Pāṭihīraka,
Thavika and Ucchukaṇḍī
Kalamb’, Ambāṭakapadā,
Harīṭak’, and Ambapiṇḍī,
Jambuda goes as the tenth poem.
There are eighty-six verses here,
which are counted by those who know.

The Ekavihāriya Chapter, the Forty-Fourth

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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