Ummāpupphiyavagga

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Therāpadāna (1) · Vol. 32 · Section 323

[323] I saw¹ the supreme among men, Siddhattha, the unvanquished — composed, entered upon attainment, seated in concentration (samādhi). Taking a flax flower (ummāpuppha), I offered it in worship² to the Buddha; all the flowers, their heads as one, stalks upward, faces turned down. As though endowed with good minds, the spreads of flowers stood in the sky; by that confidence of mind (cittappasāda) I was reborn in Tusita. In the ninety-fourth aeon from now, since I offered that flower in worship, I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of worship of the Buddha. In the fifty-fifth aeon from now there was one lord of the earth, Samantachadana by name, a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great might. The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha), and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled. Thus indeed the Venerable Ummāpupphiya Thera spoke these verses. The Apadāna of Ummāpupphiya Thera is concluded. ¹ M. (Maramma/Burmese ed.): addasāhaṃ. ² M. and Yu. (European ed.): abhiropayiṃ. Second: The Apadāna of Puḷinapūjaka Thera (322)

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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