Tha Ap 279Citakapūjaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

277. Citakapūjaka

Walt 2608 On Candabhāgā River’s bank

I was going with the current.

I placed seven māluvā blooms

and performed pūjā at a shrine. Verse 1

Walt 2609 In the ninety-four aeons since

I did a pūjā at that shrine,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of shrine- pūjā . Verse 2

Walt 2610 Seventy-seven aeons hence

there were seven wheel-turning kings,

who all were named Paṭijagga,

possessors of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2611 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Citakapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Citakapūjaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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