350. {353.} Kiṁsukapūjaka (THA-AP355)

Seeing a pulas tree in bloom,
stretching out hands pressed together,
recalling Siddhattha Buddha,
I offered pūjā in the sky.

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

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

Thus indeed Venerable Kiṁsukapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kiṁsukapūjaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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