[156. Kadambapupphiya[1]]

In the Himalayan region,
there’s a mountain named Kukkuṭa.[2]
At the foot of that [same] mountain,
seven [Lonely] Buddhas dwelt [then].[3] (1) [2022]

Seeing a kadam [tree] in bloom,
like the risen king of [all] lamps,[4]
taking [blossoms] with both [my] hands
I placed them upon the Buddhas. (2) [2023]

In the ninety-four aeons since
I did that flower-pūjā [then],
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. (3) [2024]

In the ninety-second aeon
seven [named] Phullanāyaka[5]
were wheel-turning kings with great strength,
possessors of the seven gems. (4) [2025]

The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (5) [2026]

Thus indeed Venerable Kadambapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kadambapupphiya Thera is finished.

  1. “Kadamba-Flower-er”. Kadamba (Sinhala koḷom) is a flowering tree, Nauclea cordifolia. ↩︎

  2. “Fowl”. ↩︎

  3. reading vasanti te (BJTS) for vasantike (“in the middle of the house,” PTS) ↩︎

  4. i.e., according to the cty, the moon. ↩︎

  5. “Blossoming Leader”. ↩︎

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