| J.511 |
Ki"nchanda Jaataka | Ki~nchanda Jaataka |
A chaplain of the king of Benares who took bribes and gave false verdicts, is born
to a state of suffering all day, but as the result of giving a mango to a woman who
was keeping the Eight Precepts, he enjoys great glory throughout the night in a charming
mango-grove. His king, who had become an ascetic, eats a mango which had been carried
by the river from this grove, and wishes for some more. He is transported by a river
nymph (Uppalavanna of this age) to the mango grove, where he hears from his erstwhile
chaplain the story of his alternate bliss and misery. The Buddha related the story
to some of his disciples who were keeping Eight Precepts. The king is identified
with the bodhisatva. |
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Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.v.001ff. |
eight precepts, mixed karma |