105. Muṭṭhipupphiya

Tha-ap 107

Cloud and mist reflected in a still mountain lake.

Walt 1634 I was a garland-maker then
who was known as Sudassana.
I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
the World’s Best One, the Bull of Men. Verse 1

Walt 1635 Picking up a jasmine flower,
happy and with my eyes most clear
I worshipped Padumuttara,
the Divine-Eyed-One who had come. Verse 2

Walt 1636 Because of that Buddha-pūjā
and the resolve in my own heart,
for one hundred thousand aeons
I came into no bad rebirth. Verse 3

Walt 1637 There were sixteen different kings then,
all were known as Devuttara,
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength,
in the thirty-sixth aeon hence. Verse 4

Walt 1638 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Muṭṭhipupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Muṭṭhipupphiya Thera is finished.

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