| J.085 |
Kimpakka Jaataka |
The bodhisatva was once the leader of a caravan. During a journey through a forest
he gave orders to his men not to eat any fruit without his leave. Seeing the fruit
of a kimpakka tree, which in appearance and flavour resembled a mango, some of the
men ate the fruit and subsequently died in spite of efforts to save them. The story
was related to a monk who was stirred to lust by the sight of a beautifully dressed
woman in Savatthi. Lusts of the senses are like the fruit of the kimpakka tree --
sweet and attractive at the time of eating, but later leading to death. |
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Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.i.367ff. |
sensual indulgence, disobedience |