Tha Ap 203Kaṇikārapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Kaṇikārapupphiya Chapter, the Twenty-First

201. Kaṇikārapupphiya

Walt 2271 Seeing a dinner-plate in bloom,

and having plucked it at that time,

I then offered it to Tissa,

the Flood-Crosser, the Neutral One. Verse 1

Walt 2272 In the ninety-two aeons since

I did pūjā with that flower,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

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

Walt 2273 In the thirty-fifth aeon hence

lived well-known Aruṇapāla,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2274 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Kaṇikārapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kaṇikārapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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