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181. Kuṭajapupphiya

Tha-ap 183

A small wildflower thriving in a narrow crack in stone.

Walt 2152 I saw the golden Sambuddha,
like the risen hundred-rayed sun,
surveying all the directions,
while he traveled up in the sky. Verse 1

Walt 2153 Noticing some winter cherry,
well spread out and blossoming there,
plucking a flower from that tree,
I then offered it to Phussa. Verse 2

Walt 2154 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 3

Walt 2155 In the seventeenth aeon hence
there were three men named Pupphita,
wheel-turning kings with great power,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2156 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Kuṭajapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kuṭajapupphiya Thera is finished.

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Translation by Jonathan S. Walters · SuttaCentral · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US

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Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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