Tha Ap 200Muṭṭhipūjaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

198. Muṭṭhipūjaka

Walt 2255 The Blessed One named Sumedha,

the World’s Best, the Bull of Men,

the Victor exerted himself,

with compassion for the lowly. Verse 1

Walt 2256 I presented to the Buddha,

Lord of Bipeds, the Neutral One,

doing walking meditation,

a handful of girinil blooms. Verse 2

Walt 2257 Because of that mental pleasure,

incited by those happy roots,

during thirty thousand aeons

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth. Verse 3

Walt 2258 In the twenty-three hundredth aeon

there was one man who had great strength,

a king whose name was Sunela,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2259 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Muṭṭhipūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Muṭṭhipūjaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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