488. {491.} Tīṇikiṅkhanipupphiya

I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
Vipassi, Leader of the World,
shining like a dinner-plate tree,
sitting on a mountainside.

Taking three kiṅkhani flowers,
I offered them to the Buddha.
Having worshipped the Sambuddha,
I went off, my face to the south.

Due to that karma done very well,
with intention and firm resolve,
discarding my human body,
I went to Tāvatiṁsa then.

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

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

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!

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

Thus indeed Venerable Tīṇikiṅkhanipupphiya Thera spoke these verses.