Tha Ap 247Kuṭidhūpaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

245. Kuṭidhūpaka

Walt 2478 I was a watchman at the hut

of the Blessed One, Siddhattha.

Now and again I perfumed it ,

feeling well- pleased by my own hands. Verse 1

Walt 2479 In the ninety-four aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of worshipping Buddha. Verse 2

Walt 2480 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Kuṭidhūpaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kuṭidhūpaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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