Tha Ap 367Aṅkolapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

362. {365.} Aṅkolapupphiya

Walt 3195 The Sambuddha named Paduma

dwelt on Cittakūṭa back then.

Having seen him I then approached

the Buddha, the Self-Become One. Verse 1

Walt 3196 Seeing an aṅkola flower,

I collected it at that time.

Approaching the Sambuddha, I

worshipped the Victor, Paduma. Verse 2

Walt 3197 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 3198 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Aṅkolapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Aṅkolapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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