| J.261 |
Paduma Jaataka |
The bodhisatva was once the son of a rich merchant in Benares. In the town was a
tank tended by a leper who had lost his nose. One feast day the Bodhisatva went with
two brothers to collect lotuses at the tank. The brothers tried to flatter the leper,
thereby making him angry, but the Bodhisatva, being honest, was given a whole bunch
of lotuses. The story was related in reference to Ananda. Some monks once wandered
all ove the Lotus-street to find some lotuses to offer at the Ananda-bodhi. They
could find none, however, and Ananda, hearing of this, went himself to the same place
and returned with many handfuls of blue-lotus. The incident was reported to the Buddha
who related the Jataka. |
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Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.ii.321ff. |
sincerety |