202. Vinelapupphiya (THA-AP204)

The Golden-Colored Blessed One,
Hundred-Rayed, the Majestic One,
Loving-Hearted, Brilliant as Fire
had ascended the walkway there.

Cheerful, with pleasure in my heart,
worshipping the supreme knowledge,
taking a vinela blossom,
I offered it to the Buddha.

In the thirty-one 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 twenty-ninth aeon hence
I was named Sumeghaghana,
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 Vinelapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Vinelapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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