203. Kiṅkaṇikapupphiya

Tha-ap 205

A slender woodland snake rests among fallen leaves and roots.

Walt 2280 Very Valuable Like Gold,
Omniscient One, Lord of the World,
the Lord of the World, took a bath,
plunging into a water-tank. Verse 1

Walt 2281 Cheerful, with my mind enraptured,
taking a kiṅkhaṇi flower,
I gave it to Vipassi then
the Biped Lord, the Neutral One. Verse 2

Walt 2282 In the ninety-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 2283 Seventy-seven aeons hence
there was a king, Bhīmaratha,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2284 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Kiṅkaṇikapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kiṅkaṇikapupphiya Thera is finished.

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