202. Vinelapupphiya

Tha-ap 204

Slender reeds lean together in a light breeze beside still water.

Walt 2275 The Golden-Colored Blessed One,
Hundred-Rayed, the Majestic One,
Loving-Hearted, Brilliant as Fire
had ascended the walkway there. Verse 1

Walt 2276 Cheerful, with pleasure in my heart,
worshipping the supreme knowledge,
taking a vinela blossom,
I offered it to the Buddha. Verse 2

Walt 2277 In the thirty-one aeons since
I did pūjā with that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 3

Walt 2278 In the twenty-ninth aeon hence
I was named Sumeghaghana,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2279 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Vinelapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Vinelapupphiya Thera is finished.

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