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260. Aggapupphiya

To give an aggaja blossom,
I approached the Ultimate Man,
the Golden-Colored Sambuddha,
Sikhi, who like a heap of fire
was shining forth his thousand rays
while sitting on a mountainside.
Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
I offered Buddha that flower.

In the thirty-one aeons since
I did pūjā with that flower,
Iā€™ve come to know no bad rebirth:
thatā€™s the fruit of Buddha-pÅ«jā.

In the twenty-fifth aeon hence
Iā€˜m known by the name Amita,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Aggapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The Summary:

Thomaka, Bhikkha, Citaka,
Campaka, Sattapāį¹­ali,
ā€˜pāhana, MaƱjari, Paį¹‡į¹‡a,
Kuį¹­ida, Aggapupphiya
and the verses here are counted
as exactly forty plus one.

The Thomaka Chapter, the Twenty-Sixth