364. {367.} Uddālapupphiya

The Sambuddha named Anātha
dwelt on the Ganges riverbank.
Taking golden shower flowers,
I worshipped the Unconquered One.

In the thirty-one aeons since
I did pūjā with that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Uddālapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.