201. Kaṇikārapupphiya (THA-AP203)

Seeing a dinner-plate in bloom,
and having plucked it at that time,
I then offered it to Tissa,
the Flood-Crosser, the Neutral One.

In the ninety-two aeons since
I did pūjā with that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā.

In the thirty-fifth aeon hence
lived well-known Aruṇapāla,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
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 Kaṇikārapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kaṇikārapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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