245. Kuṭidhūpaka (THA-AP247)

I was a watchman at the hut
of the Blessed One, Siddhattha.
Now and again I perfumed it,
feeling well- pleased by my own hands.

In the ninety-four aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of worshipping Buddha.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Kuṭidhūpaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kuṭidhūpaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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