110. Reṇupūjaka (THA-AP112)

I saw the golden Sambuddha,
just like the hundred-raying sun,
shining forth in all directions
just like the moon when it is full,

surrounded by his followers
just like the earth is by the sea.
I presented to Vipassi
a pollen-filled ironwood bloom.

In the ninety-one aeons since
I offered that pollen to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā.

In the forty-fifth aeon hence
there was a king known as Reṇu,
a wheel-turner with great power,
possessor of the seven gems.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Reṇupūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Reṇupūjaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Bhikkhadāyī, Ñāṇasaññī,
Hatthiya, Padapūjaka,
Muṭṭhipupphi, Udakada,
Naḷamālī, Nivāsaka,
Biḷālidāyī and Reṇu too;
there are six and sixty verses.

The Bhikkhadāyī Chapter, the Eleventh.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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