Tha Ap 112Reṇupūjaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

110. Reṇupūjaka

Walt 1672 I saw the golden Sambuddha,

just like the hundred-raying sun,

shining forth in all directions

just like the moon when it is full, Verse 1

Walt 1673 surrounded by his followers

just like the earth is by the sea.

I presented to Vipassi

a pollen-filled ironwood bloom. Verse 2

Walt 1674 In the ninety-one aeons since

I offered that pollen to him ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Buddha- pūjā . Verse 3

Walt 1675 In the forty-fifth aeon hence

there was a king known as Reṇu,

a wheel-turner with great power,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 1676 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Reṇupūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Reṇupūjaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Bhikkhadāyī, Ñāṇasaññī,

Hatthiya, Padapūjaka,

Muṭṭhipupphi, Udakada,

Naḷamālī, Nivāsaka,

Biḷālidāyī and Reṇu too;

there are six and sixty verses.

The Bhikkhadāyī Chapter, the Eleventh.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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