Tha Ap 235Sālapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

233. Sālapupphiya

Walt 2432 In Aruṇavatī city

I was a cake-maker back then.

I saw Sikhi Buddha , Victor,

traveling through a gate of mine. Verse 1

Walt 2433 Having taken the Buddha’s bowl

with a mind which was very clear,

I gave a sal flower to him ,

Buddha, Highest-Point-Attainer. Verse 2

Walt 2434 In the thirty-one aeons since

I donated sweet-meats to him,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of a sal flower. Verse 3

Walt 2435 In the fourteenth aeon ago

I was named Amitañjala,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2436 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Sālapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sālapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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