Tha Ap 368Kadambapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

363. {366.} Kadambapupphiya

Walt 3199-3200 Seated in the palace doorway

I saw the Leader of the World,

the Golden-Colored Sambuddha,

like a costly thing made of gold,

Bearing the Marks of Great Man,

who was traveling in the sky.

Taking a kadamba flower,

I offered it to Vipassi. Verse 1-2

Walt 3201 In the ninety-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 3202 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Kadambapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kadambapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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