Tha Ap 372Salaḷapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

367. {370.} Salaḷapupphiya

Walt 3214 On Candabhāgā River’s bank

I was a kinnara back then.

And then I saw the God of Gods,

Bull of Men, walking back and forth. Verse 1

Walt 3215 Plucking a salaḷa flower,

I gifted it to the Buddha.

The Great Hero, the Buddha sniffed

that divinely-scented flower. Verse 2

Walt 3216 Accepting them the Sambuddha

Vipassi, Leader of the World,

the Great Hero, the Buddha sniffed,

conscious of what I was wishing. Verse 3

Walt 3217 Happy, with pleasure in my heart,

I worshipped him , the Best Biped.

Pressing both my hands together

I climbed up the mountain again. Verse 4

Walt 3218 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 5

Walt 3219 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Salaḷapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Salaḷapupphiya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Mandārava and Kekkhāru,

Bhisa, Kesarapupphiya,

Aṅkolaka and Kadambi,

Uddāli, Ekacampaka,

Timira, Salaḷa as well:

and exactly forty verses.

The Mandārapupphiya Chapter, the Thirty-Seventh

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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