320. Kumudamāliya

Tha-ap 322

A winding path through a wildflower meadow.

Walt 2821-2822Taking a white lotus bloom I
laid it before the Best Buddha,
Sacrificial Recipient,
the Bull, Excellent One, Hero,
Victorious One, the Great Sage,
Vipassi Buddha, Great Hero,
like a lion which is well-born. Verse 1-2

Walt 2823 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 2824 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Kumudamāliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kumudamāliya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Arakkhada, Bhojanada,
Gatasaññi and Padumika,
Pupphâsani, Santhavaka,
Saddasañi, Tiraṁsiya,
Kandali and Komudi too:
there are fifty-seven verses.

The Ārakkhadāya Chapter, the Thirty-Second

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