For one who overcomes worldly pleasures. But removing the conceit ‘I am’, This, indeed, is the highest bliss.” The account with the powderpuff tree is finished. 4. The account with the ape-flower tree After seven days, the Buddha came out from that stillness and went from the powderpuff tree to an ape-flower tree. There too he sat cross-legged for seven days without moving, experiencing the bliss of freedom. Just then the merchants Tapussa and Bhallika were traveling from Ukkalā to that area. Then a god who was a former relative of theirs said to them, “Sirs, a Buddha who has just attained awakening is staying at the foot of an ape-flower tree. Go to that Buddha and offer him crackers and honey.