Tha Ap 205Kiṅkaṇikapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

203. Kiṅkaṇikapupphiya

Walt 2280 Very Valuable Like Gold,

Omniscient One, Lord of the World,

the Lord of the World, took a bath,

plunging into a water-tank. Verse 1

Walt 2281 Cheerful, with my mind enraptured,

taking a kiṅkhaṇi flower,

I gave it to Vipassi then

the Biped Lord, the Neutral One. Verse 2

Walt 2282 In the ninety-one aeons since

I did pūjā with that flower,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

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

Walt 2283 Seventy-seven aeons hence

there was a king, Bhīmaratha,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2284 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Kiṅkaṇikapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kiṅkaṇikapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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