514. {517.} Kuṭajapupphiya

Walt 5493 In the Himalayan region,
there’s a mountain named Cāvala.
The Buddha named Sudassana
was living on the mountainside. Verse 1

Walt 5494 Taking Himalayan flowers,
I traveled through the sky back then.
I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
the Flood-Crosser, the Undefiled. Verse 2

Walt 5495 Taking a winter-cherry bloom,
I placed it on his head just then.
I offered it to the Buddha,
the Self-Become One, the Great Sage. Verse 3

Walt 5496 In the thirty-one aeons since
I offered him that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 4

Walt 5497 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 5

Walt 5498 Being in Best Buddha’s presence
was a very good thing for me.
The three knowledges are attained;
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Walt 5499 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Kuṭajapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kuṭajapupphiya Thera is finished.