Tha Ap 80Pāṭalipupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

78. Pāṭalipupphiya

Walt 1458-1459 Back then I was a rich man’s son,

delicate, living in comfort.

Putting a trumpet flower in

my lap I then took it to him,

the Gold-Colored One, Sambuddha,

traveling through the market-place,

bearing the marks of a Great Man,

like a festoon work made of gold. Verse 1-2

Walt 1460 Happy, and with a happy heart,

with the flower I performed pūjā

to Tissa, the World-Knower, Lord,

having worshipped the God of Men. Verse 3

Walt 1461 In the ninety-two aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

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

Walt 1462 Sixty-three aeons ago the

king known as Abhisammata

was a wheel-turner with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 5

Walt 1463 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Pāṭalipupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pāṭalipupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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