Tha Ap 256Ticampakapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

254. Ticampakapupphiya

Walt 2511 In the Himalayan region

there’s a mountain named Vikaṭa.

In its midst was dwelling back then

a monk with senses well- controlled. Verse 1

Walt 2512 After seeing that monk’s calmness,

with my own mind very lucid,

gathering three champak flowers

I strew those blossoms about there . Verse 2

Walt 2513 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 2514 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Ticampakapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ticampakapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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