| J.523 |
Alambusaa Jaataka |
Isisinga, son of the Bodhisatva and of a doe who had drunk water into which the Bodhisatva’s
semen had fallen, lived the ascetic life like his father. He had been warned by his
father about the wiles of women, and lived in the forest practising the most severe
austerities. By virtue of the power of these austerities, Sakka’s abode trembled,
and Sakka, fearing rivalry, sent down a beautiful celestial nymph, Alambusa, to tempt
him and despoil him of his virtue. This, she succeeded in doing, and for three years
he lay unconscious in her embrace. At last, realizing what had happened, he forsook
forthwith from sexual desire and developing mystic meditation, attained the jhanas.
Alambusa pleaded forgiveness, which was readily granted. The story was related in
reference to the temptation of a monk by his ex-wife. |
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Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.v.152ff. |
temptation, women |