| J.392 |
Bhisapuppha Jaataka | Upasi"nghapuppha Jaataka |
The Bodhisatva was once born as an ascetic and one day a goddess, having seen him
smell a lotus in bloom, upbraided him, telling him he was a thief to smell a lotus
that did not belong to him. Nearby was a man digging up lotus plants for their fibres,
but to him the goddess said nothing. When questioned, he answer was tha in a man
like the Bodhisatva, seeking for purity, a sin even as large as a hair-tip showed
like a dark cloud in the sky. The Bodhisatva, greatly impressed, thanked her. The
goddess is identified with uppalavanna. The story was told in reference to a monk
who was upbraided by a deity in a forest tract in Kosala for smelling a lotus. In
great agitation he went to the Buddha, who told him the above Jataka. |
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