180. Saṅghupaṭṭhāka

Tha-ap 182

A weathered seedpod and a fresh flower beside one another.

Walt 2148 When Vessabhu was the Buddha,
I was a forest-dweller then.
With a pleased heart and happy mind,
I did serve the best Assembly. Verse 1

Walt 2149 In the thirty-one aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of doing service. Verse 2

Walt 2150 In the seventh aeon ago,
there were seven Samotthatas,
wheel-turning kings with great power,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2151 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Saṅghupaṭṭhāka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Saṅghupaṭṭhāka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Kumuda, then Nisseṇī,
Rattika, Udapānada,
Sīhāsanī, Maggavada,
Ekadīpī, Maṇippada,
Tikicchaka, Upaṭṭhāka,
one less than fifty verses here.

The Kumuda Chapter, the Eighteenth.

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