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Theravāda — Pali Canon · Khuddaka Nikāya — The Minor Collection
Cp 1The Conduct of Akitti
Pāli / Sanskrit:Akitticariya
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Full translation (English)
– The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
The Chapter With Akitti The Perfection of Giving (1st)
Akitti’s Conduct
Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!
“For a hundred thousand eonsand four incalculable ages,all my conduct in that periodripens in awakening.Setting aside my conductin past eons through different lives,I shall speak of my conductin this eon, hear me.When I lived having plungedinto the formidable jungleof empty thickets and glades,my name was Akitti the mortifier.Then, burned by the fires of my mortification,the sovereign of the Third Heaven,came to me for almsin the form of a brahmin.I had gathered leaves from the forestwithout oil or salt,and seeing him standing at my door,I placed them in his pot.After giving him the leavesI turned over my plate,and having given up on seeking more food,I entered my hut of leaves.A second and a third timehe came to me.Undisturbed, ungrasping,I gave in just the same way.That is the reason whymy body is not discolored.In rapture and bliss free of relishingI spend the day.If even for a month or twoI were to find a worthy recipient,undisturbed, unattached,I would give the supreme gift.While giving him that giftI did not wish for fame or profit.Wishing for omniscienceI performed those deeds.”
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