Tha Ap 262Aggapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

260. Aggapupphiya

Walt 2535-2536 To give an aggaja blossom,

I approached the Ultimate Man,

the Golden-Colored Sambuddha,

Sikhi, who like a heap of fire

was shining forth his thousand rays

while sitting on a mountainside.

Happy, with pleasure in my heart,

I offered Buddha that flower . Verse 1-2

Walt 2537 In the thirty-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 2538 In the twenty-fifth aeon hence

I‘m known by the name Amita,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2539 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Aggapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Aggapupphiya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Thomaka, Bhikkha, Citaka,

Campaka, Sattapāṭali,

‘pāhana, Mañjari, Paṇṇa,

Kuṭida, Aggapupphiya

and the verses here are counted

as exactly forty plus one.

The Thomaka Chapter, the Twenty-Sixth

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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