Tha Ap 349Padumapūjaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

344. {347.} Padumapūjaka

Walt 3117 Close to the Himalayan range,

there’s a mountain named Romasa.

The Buddha known as Sambhava

then dwelt there in the open air. Verse 1

Walt 3118 Coming out of my residence,

I brought him a lotus flower .

Having brought a single one

I went forward into rebirth. Verse 2

Walt 3119 In the ninety-one aeons since

I offered him that flower,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Buddha- pūjā . Verse 3

Walt 3120 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Padumapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Padumapūjaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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