Tha Ap 72Pupphacaṅgoṭiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

70. Pupphacaṅgoṭiya

Walt 1416 Like a lion with fearless form,

like a great harpy with strong wings,

like a superb bull of tigers,

and like a high-born lion -king , Verse 1

Walt 1417 Sikhi, Refuge of the Three Worlds,

the Desireless One, Unconquered,

the Best Among the Monks sat there ,

Honored by the monks’ Assembly. Verse 2

Walt 1418 Having placed into a casket

a superb anoja flower,

sprinkling it on the Best Buddha

I also gave him that casket. Verse 3

Walt 1419 Due to that pleasure in my heart

for the Biped-Lord, Bull of Men,

I’ve attained the unshaking state

beyond all conquest and defeat. Verse 4

Walt 1420 In the thirty-one aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Buddha- pūjā . Verse 5

Walt 1421 Throughout the thirtieth aeon hence

there were five wheel-turning monarchs.

They all were named Devabhūti,

possessors of the seven gems. Verse 6

Walt 1422 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Pupphacaṅgoṭiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pupphacaṅgoṭiya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Sakacitta, Addhāpupphī,

and with Paccābhigamana,

Parappasādī, Bhisada,

Sucintī, Vatthadāyaka,

Ambadāyī and Sumana

and also Puppacaṅgoṭika

seventy-one verses counted,

were uttered by these goal-seers.

The Sakacittaniya Chapter, the Seventh,

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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