296. Padapūjaka

Tha-ap 298

A pine branch reflected in an open still pond.

Walt 2697-2698On a Himalayan mountain,
I was a kinnara back then.
I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
bright but cool like a rayless sun
who had approached me at that time,
Vipassi Buddha, World-Leader.
And then I rubbed upon his feet
sandalwood and also incense. Verse 1-2

Walt 2699 In the ninety-one aeons since
I performed pūjā to those feet,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of doing foot-pūjā. Verse 3

Walt 2700 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Padapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Padapūjaka Thera is finished.

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