Tha Ap 207Nigguṇḍipupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

205. Nigguṇḍipupphiya

Walt 2290 I was dwelling in the ashram

of Vipassi, the Blessed One.

Gathering nigguṇḍi flowers,

I offered them to the Buddha. Verse 1

Walt 2291 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 2

Walt 2292 In the thirty-fifth aeon hence

there was one lord of the people

whose name was Mahāpatāpa,

a wheel-turning king with great strength. Verse 3

Walt 2293 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Nigguṇḍipupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Nigguṇḍipupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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