Timirapupphiyavagga

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Therāpadāna (1) · Vol. 32 · Section 92

[92] Having entered a lotus grove, as I was breaking lotuses, I saw¹ Phussa, the Fully Enlightened One (sambuddha), bearing the thirty-two excellent marks. Taking a lotus flower, I tossed it up into the air; and recollecting that evil deed (pāpakamma), I went forth into homelessness (anagāriya). Having gone forth, restrained in body and in mind, having abandoned misconduct by speech (vacīduccarita), I purified my livelihood. In the ninety-second aeon (kappa) from now, since I offered up that flower, I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of worship of the Buddha (buddhapūjā). Eighteen lords of the earth, all bearing the very name Padumabhāsa²— in eighteen aeons there were forty-eight. 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 done. Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Padumapupphiya spoke these verses. The Apadāna of the Elder Padumapupphiya is concluded. Summary (uddāna): Timira, Naṅgalipupphī, Nipannañjalika, Adho, the two Raṃsisaññīs, Phalada, and Saddasaññī, and Secaka, and Padumapupphī: fifty-six verses are proclaimed. The Timirapupphiya Chapter, the Ninth. ______________ The Tenth Chapter: Sudhāvagga First: the Apadāna of the Elder Sudhāpiṇḍiya (91) [Variant readings noted in the Siam edition: ¹ The Burmese edition reads tatthaddasaṃ phussaṃ buddhaṃ, "there I saw the Buddha Phussa." ² The Burmese and European editions read (Padumabhāsanāmā) ca.]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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