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tha-ap.180 Thera Apadana

Maṇipūjaka

A small Himalayan river
flowed smoothly then along its bank.
Back then the Self-Become-One dwelt
in a field close to that river.

With a pleased heart and happy mind,
I gave to the Buddha right then
a couch made by taking gemstones,
superb, delightful, and diverse.

In the ninety-four aeons since
I offered those gemstones to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā.

And in the twelfth aeon ago
there were eight different kings back then,
all were known as Sataraṁsi,
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Maṇipūjaka Thera spoke these Verses.

The legend of Maṇipūjaka Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala