Tha Ap 348Campakapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

343. {346.} Campakapupphiya

Walt 3112 In the Himalayan region,

there’s a mountain named Cāvala.

The Buddha named Sudassana

was living on the mountainside. Verse 1

Walt 3113 Taking Himalayan flowers,

I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,

the Flood-Crosser, the Undefiled,

traveling through the sky just then . Verse 2

Walt 3114 At that time I placed on his head

seven fragrant campaka blooms.

I offered them to the Buddha,

the Self-Become One, the Great Sage. Verse 3

Walt 3115 In the thirty-one aeons since

I did pūjā with those flowers,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Buddha- pūjā . Verse 4

Walt 3116 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Campakapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Campakapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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