279. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Ekapuṇḍarīka

“Romaso nāma nāmena,

sayambhū subbato tadā;

Puṇḍarīkaṁ mayā dinnaṁ,

vippasannena cetasā.

Catunnavutito kappe,

puṇḍarīkamadaṁ tadā;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

puṇḍarīkassidaṁ phalaṁ.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā ekapuṇḍarīko thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Ekapuṇḍarīkattherassāpadānaṁ navamaṁ.

Walt 2616 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. Verse 1

Walt 2617 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. Verse 2

Walt 2618 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Ekapuṇḍarīka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekapuṇḍarīka Thera is finished.