27. Puḷinapūjaka

Tha-ap 29

Moonlight reaching through the branches of a mango grove.

Walt 979 Digging out the sand which was old
I scattered pure clean sand about
the superb tree, the Bodhi Tree,
of Vipassi the Blessed One. Verse 1

Walt 980 In the ninety-one aeons since
I donated that sand back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth;
that is the fruit of giving sand. Verse 2

Walt 981 Three and fifty aeons ago
I was King Mahāpuḷina,
a conqueror of the people,
a wheel-turner, with great power. Verse 3

Walt 982 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Puḷinapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Puḷinapūjaka Thera is finished.

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