Tha Ap 493Tīṇikiṅkhanipupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Kiṅkhanipupphiya Chapter, the Fiftieth

488. {491.} Tīṇikiṅkhanipupphiya

Walt 5249 I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,

Vipassi, Leader of the World,

shining like a dinner-plate tree,

sitting on a mountainside. Verse 1

Walt 5250 Taking three kiṅkhani flowers,

I offered them to the Buddha .

Having worshipped the Sambuddha,

I went off, my face to the south. Verse 2

Walt 5251 Due to that karma done very well,

with intention and firm resolve,

discarding my human body,

I went to Tāvatiṁsa then . Verse 3

Walt 5252 In the ninety-one aeons since

I did pūjā to that Buddha,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Buddha -pūjā . Verse 4

Walt 5253 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 5

Walt 5254 Being in Best Buddha’s presence

was a very good thing for me.

The three knowledges are attained;

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Walt 5255 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Tīṇikiṅkhanipupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tīṇikiṅkhanipupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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