[110. Reṇupūjaka[1]]

[I saw] the golden Sambuddha,
just like the hundred-raying sun,
shining forth in all directions
just like the moon when it is full, (1) [1672]

surrounded by [his followers]
just like the earth is by the sea.
I presented to Vipassi
a pollen-filled ironwood[2] bloom. (2) [1673]

In the ninety-one aeons since
I offered that pollen [to him],
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. (3) [1674]

In the forty-fifth aeon hence
there was a king[3] known as Reṇu,[4]
a wheel-turner with great power,
possessor of the seven gems. (4) [1675]

The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (5) [1676]

Thus indeed Venerable Reṇupūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Reṇupūjaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Bhikkhadāyī, Ñāṇasaññī,
Hatthiya, Padapūjaka,
Muṭṭhipupphi, Udakada,
Naḷamālī, Nivāsaka,
Biḷālidāyī[5] and Reṇu too;
there are six and sixty verses.

The Bhikkhadāyī Chapter, the Eleventh.

  1. “Worship with Pollen-er” ↩︎

  2. flowers of the nāga (Sinh. nā) or ironwood tree are are brilliant white and so fragrant that they are used in the making of perfumes and cosmetics. ↩︎

  3. lit., “a kṣatriyan”. ↩︎

  4. “Pollen” ↩︎

  5. here too I follow the BJTS spelling, as above. ↩︎

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