Tha Ap 98Tipupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

96. Tipupphiya

Walt 1582 In the past, in a forest grove,

I was a man who hunted deer.

Seeing Buddha’s green pāṭali

I scattered three flowers on it . Verse 1

Walt 1583-1584 Then picking up the fallen leaves

I threw them all away outside.

Worshipping the pāṭali tree ,

pure inside and pure outside too ,

as though facing the Sambuddha,

Vipassi, Leader of the World,

well-liberated, undefiled,

I passed away right on the spot. Verse 2-3

Walt 1585 In the ninety-one aeons since

I performed that Bodhi- pūjā ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

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

Walt 1586 In the thirtieth aeons hence

there were thirteen kings who were all

named Samantapāsādika,

wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 5

Walt 1587 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Tipupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tipupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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