Tha Ap 92Padumapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

90. Padumapupphiya

Walt 1547 I lived in a lotus forest

eating lotus flowers back then .

I saw Phussa, the Sambuddha,

Bearing the Thirty-two Great Marks. Verse 1

Walt 1548 Picking up a lotus flower

I tossed it up into the air.

Having done this pleasing karma

I went forth into homelessness. Verse 2

Walt 1549 Having renounced, with self-control

over my body and my mind,

and refraining from bad speech-acts

I purified my livelihood. Verse 3

Walt 1550 In the ninety-two aeons since

I offered that flower to him ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

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

Walt 1551 There were eighteen lords of the earth

all known as Padumābhāsa,

and in the eighteenth aeon hence

there were forty-eight such monarchs . Verse 5

Walt 1552 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Padumapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Padumapupphiya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Timira, Nangalipupphī,

Nipannañjalika, Adha,

two Raṁsisaññis, Phalada,

Saddasaññī and Sevaka,

Padumapupphī and verses

fifty-six have been detailed here .

The Timirapupphiya Chapter, the Ninth.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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