Tha Ap 375Tīṇuppalamāliya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

370. {373.} Tīṇuppalamāliya

Walt 3232 On Candabhāgā River’s bank,

I was a monkey at that time.

I saw the Stainless Buddha who

was seated on a mountainside. Verse 1

Walt 3233 I was enraptured seeing him ,

Shining Forth in All Directions,

like a regal sal tree in bloom,

Bearing the Great and Lesser Marks. Verse 2

Walt 3234 Happy, with my heart exultant,

and my mind bristling with joy,

I offered on the Buddha’s head

three lovely blue lotus flowers. Verse 3

Walt 3235 After offering those flowers

to Phussa Buddha , the Great Sage,

cultivating great reverence,

I went off from there facing north. Verse 4

Walt 3236 Crouched over going off from there,

with a mind that was very clear,

I alighted on a mountain

and attained the end of my life. Verse 5

Walt 3237 Due to that karma done very well,

with intention and firm resolve,

discarding my human body,

I went to Tāvatiṁsa then . Verse 6

Walt 3238 And afterwards, three hundred times,

I ruled over the world of gods.

And furthermore five hundred times

I was a king who turned the wheel. Verse 7

Walt 3239 In the ninety-two aeons since

I did pūjā with that flower,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Buddha- pūjā . Verse 8

Walt 3240 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 9

Thus indeed Venerable Tīṇuppalamāliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tīṇuppalamāliya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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