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tha-ap.228 Thera Apadana

Aṅkolapupphiya

My name back then was Nārada
and I was known as Kassapa.
I saw the Buddha Vipassi,
Chief of the Monks, Honored by Gods,
the Buddha, Bearing Lesser Marks,
Sacrificial Recipient.
Taking an alangium bloom,
I offered it to the Buddha.

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

In the seventy-fourth aeon
the kṣatriyan named Romasa,
strong with servants and vehicles
was dressed with garland-ornaments.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Aṅkolapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Aṅkolapupphiya Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala