205. Nigguṇḍipupphiya

Tha-ap 207

Green, bronze and dry oak leaves beside an acorn on moss.

Walt 2290 I was dwelling in the ashram
of Vipassi, the Blessed One.
Gathering nigguṇḍi flowers,
I offered them to the Buddha. Verse 1

Walt 2291 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 2

Walt 2292 In the thirty-fifth aeon hence
there was one lord of the people
whose name was Mahāpatāpa,
a wheel-turning king with great strength. Verse 3

Walt 2293 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Nigguṇḍipupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Nigguṇḍipupphiya Thera is finished.

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