354. {357.} Supuṭakapūjaka

Tha-ap 359

A weathered seedpod and a fresh flower beside one another.

Walt 3165 Going out after his siesta,
Vipassi Buddha, World-Leader,
wandering about for alms food,
came into my presence back then. Verse 1

Walt 3166 After that, happy, exulted,
giving a good bag full of salt
to the World’s Best, the Neutral One,
I joyed an aeon in heaven. Verse 2

Walt 3167 In the ninety-one aeons since
I gave the Buddha that good bag,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of a good bag-gift. Verse 3

Walt 3168 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Supuṭakapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Supuṭakapūjaka Thera is finished.

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