359. {362.} Kekkhārupupphiya (THA-AP364)

Coming from the world of the dead,
I saw Gotama, Splendid One.
Taking a kekkhāra flower
I offered it to the Buddha.

In the ninety-two aeons since
I did pūjā to the Buddha,
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 Kekkhārupupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kekkhārupupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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