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Theravāda — Pali Canon · Khuddaka Nikāya — The Minor Collection
Cp 13The Conduct of the Dragon of Campeyya
Pāli / Sanskrit:Campeyyanāgacariya
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Full translation (English)
– The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
The Chapter on an Elephant The Perfection of Ethics (3rd)
The Dragon Campeyyaka’s Conduct
“Then again when I wasCampeyyaka, a dragon of great psychic power,I was just,furnished with precepts and vows.Then the snake-charmer who caught melived righteously,observing the Sabbath,and he made me perform at the royal gate.Whatever color he thought of—blue, yellow, or red—I conformed to his wish,taking the appearance of his thought.I could turn dry land to water,and water to dry land.If I were upset with himI could reduce him to ash in an instant.If I was under the sway of my thoughts,I would have fallen from my ethics.But one who has fallen from their ethicsdoes not succeed at the highest goal.Gladly, let this body be broken!Let it be scattered in this very place!Not even for that would I break my ethics,if it were being scattered like hay.”
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