Tha Ap 156Kakkārupūjaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

154. Kakkārupūjaka

Walt 2013 Having been the son of a god,

I worshipped Sikhi, the Leader.

Taking a kakkāru flower

I offered it to the Buddha. Verse 1

Walt 2014 In the thirty-one aeons since

I offered that flower to him ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Buddha- pūjā . Verse 2

Walt 2015 And in the ninth aeon ago

I was the king, Sattuttama,

a wheel-turner with great power,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2016 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Kakkārupūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kakkārupūjaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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