Tha Ap 193Tamālapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Tamālapupphiya Chapter, the Twentieth

191. Tamālapupphiya

Walt 2214 My magically-made mansion,

with eighty-four lakhs of pillars,

was a lovely golden color ,

the equal of a divine tree. Verse 1

Walt 2215 Plucking a tamāla flower

with a mind which was very clear,

I offered it to the Buddha

Sikhi, the Kinsman of the World. Verse 2

Walt 2216 in the thirty-one aeons since

I did that good karma then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

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

Walt 2217 In the twentieth aeon ago

there was one named Candatitta,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2218 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Tamālapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tamālapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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