Therāpadāna
The Legends of the Theras
213. Saccasaññaka
In that period Vessabhu
Honored by the monks’ Assembly,
is preaching the Four Noble Truths,
quenching the lust of the people.Recipient of great mercy,
I went into that multitude.
Being seated there that I then
heard the Teaching of the Teacher.After hearing his Teaching I
then went to the world of the gods.
For thirty thousand aeons I
dwelt there in the gods’ city.In the thirty-one aeons since
I obtained that perception then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of perceiving truths.In the twenty-sixth aeon hence
there was one lord of the people;
his name was Ekaphusita,
a wheel-turning king of great strength.The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!
Thus indeed Venerable Saccasaññaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Saccasaññaka Thera is finished.