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tha-ap.259 Thera Apadana

Mañjaripūjaka

Fashioning a bunch of flowers,
I went out onto the highway.
I saw the Monk, Bettered by None,
Honored by the Monks’ Assembly.

Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
and filled with supreme joyfulness,
taking it with both of my hands
I offered Buddha that bouquet.

In the ninety-two 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-third aeon
there was one ruler of the earth,
known by the name of Jotiya,
a wheel-turning king 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 Mañjaripūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Mañjaripūjaka Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala