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Theravāda — Pali Canon · Khuddaka Nikāya — The Minor Collection
Cp 17The Conduct of Mātaṅga
Pāli / Sanskrit:Mātaṅgacariya
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Full translation (English)
– The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
The Chapter on an Elephant The Perfection of Ethics (7th)
Mātaṅga’s Conduct
“Then again when I wasa matted-hair ascetic of severe penance,Mātaṅga was my name,I was virtuous and serene.A brahmin and I both livedon a bank of the Ganges.I stayed upstream,the brahmin downstream.Wandering along the riverbank,he saw my hermitage upstream.Then he abused and cursed me,that my head would split in seven.If I were upset with himand if I were not taking care of my ethics,then just with a glanceI could have reduced him to ashes.But when he cursed me then,so angry and bitter-hearted,it fell right back on his own head:I freed him from that yoke.I guarded my ethics,not my life.For then I was ethical,because it was solely for awakening.”
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