Walt 1999 Employed in others’ transport work,
I committed a crime back then.
I was exiled to the forest;
filled with fear, I was terrified. Verse 1Walt 2000 Having seen a tree in flower
with tiny, well-fashioned clusters,
picking a copper-colored bloom,
I scattered it on the Bodhi. Verse 2Walt 2001 Having swept around that Bodhi,
the ultimate pāṭali tree,
getting into lotus posture,
I stayed at the Bodhi tree’s roots. Verse 3Walt 2002 Searching for the road I’d gone on,
they then came into my presence.
And having seen them, then and there
I recalled the superb Bodhi. Verse 4Walt 2003 Having worshipped the Bodhi tree
with a mind that was very clear,
I obtained varied tal trees then
inside a frightful mountain crag. Verse 5Walt 2004 In the ninety-one aeons since
I offered that flower to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 6Walt 2005 In the thirtieth aeon hence
there was a king, Samphusita,
a wheel-turner with great power,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 7Walt 2006 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 8
Thus indeed Venerable Tambapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Tambapupphiya Thera is finished.