| J.477 |
Cullanaarada Jaataka | Cullanaaradakassapa Jaataka |
The bodhisatva was once a rich brahmin who, on the death of his wife, retired with
his son to the Himalayas to become an ascetic. One day a girl, having been carried
off by thieves, escaped from them and arrived at the ascetic’s hut when the bodhisatva
was away. The son fell victim to her charms and agreed to return with her to the
haunts of men. She went on ahead and he was to follow, but his father, hearing of
what had occurred during his absence, described the snares of the household life
to the youth in such a graphic way that he gave up the idea of following the girl.
The Jataka was related in reference to a vain monk who succumbed to the wiles of
a maiden of Savatthi. The girl’s mother used her to entice the monk to become her
son-in-law. The Buddha warned him that in the past the same girl had tried to destroy
his spiritual vocation. See also the Munika
Jaataka (J.030), Uda~ncani
Jaataka (J.106), Saluka
Jaataka (J.249) and Ara~n~na
Jataka (J.348). |
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Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.iv.219ff. |
temptation, women, renunciation |