374. {377.} Citapūjaka

When the Blessed One passed away—
the one named “Ultimate Lotus”—
when the stupa had been raised up,
I offered it a sal flower.

In the hundred thousand aeons
since I did that flower-pūjā,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of stupa-pūjā.

Being in Best Buddha’s presence
was a very good thing for me.
The three knowledges are attained;
I have done what the Buddha taught!

My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Citapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.