40. Kapparukkhiya (THA-AP42)

Affixing decorated cloth
on the front of the best stupa
of Siddhattha, the Blessed One,
I set up a wishing-tree there.

In whichever womb I’m reborn
whether it’s human or divine,
a wishing-tree’s established there,
making my doorway beautiful.

I, along with my retinue,
and whoever’s attached to me
getting cloth from that wishing-tree
we clothe ourselves all the time.

In the ninety-four aeons since
I set up that wishing-tree then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of a wishing-tree.

In the seventh aeon ago
eight kṣatriyans named Sucela
were wheel-turners who had great strength,
possessors 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 Kapparukkhiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kapparukkhiya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Kuṇḍa, Sāgata, Kaccāna
Udāyi, Rājasavhaya,
Adhimutta, Lasuṇada,
Āyāgī, Dhammacakkhika.
Kapparukkhi is the tenth;
verses one hundred twelve.

Kuṇḍadhāna Chapter, the Fourth.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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