Tha Ap 298Padapūjaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

296. Padapūjaka

Walt 2697-2698 On a Himalayan mountain,

I was a kinnara back then.

I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,

bright but cool like a rayless sun

who had approached me at that time,

Vipassi Buddha, World-Leader.

And then I rubbed upon his feet

sandalwood and also incense. Verse 1-2

Walt 2699 In the ninety-one aeons since

I performed pūjā to those feet,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of doing foot- pūjā . Verse 3

Walt 2700 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Padapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Padapūjaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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