Tha Ap 230Miñjavaṭaṁsakiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

228. Miñjavaṭaṁsakiya

Walt 2411 When the World’s Lord reached nirvana,

Sikhi, Best among Debaters,

I did pūjā to his Bodhi

by covering it with hair-wreaths. Verse 1

Walt 2412 In the thirty-one aeons since

I did that pūjā at that time,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

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

Walt 2413 In the twenty-sixth aeon hence

there was one known as Meghabbha,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2414 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Miñjavaṭaṁsakiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Miñjavaṭaṁsakiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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