228. Miñjavaṭaṁsakiya (THA-AP230)

When the World’s Lord reached nirvana,
Sikhi, Best among Debaters,
I did pūjā to his Bodhi
by covering it with hair-wreaths.

In the thirty-one aeons since
I did that pūjā at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Bodhi-pūjā.

In the twenty-sixth aeon hence
there was one known as Meghabbha,
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 Miñjavaṭaṁsakiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Miñjavaṭaṁsakiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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