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Theravāda — Pali Canon · Khuddaka Nikāya — The Minor Collection
Cp 2The Conduct of Saṅkha
Pāli / Sanskrit:Saṅkhacariya
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Full translation (English)
– The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
The Chapter With Akitti The Perfection of Giving (2nd)
Saṅkha’s Conduct
“Then again when I wasa brahmin called Saṅkha,wanting to cross the great ocean,I was on my way to the port.There I saw across the wayone self-awakened, undefeated,walking a desert roadwhose ground was hot and rough.Seeing him across the way,I thought this:‘A field has appearedfor a personage desiring merit.Now suppose a farmerseeing a fertile fielddoes not sow seed there,then they are not in need of grain.So too, if I, desiring merit,seeing a supreme excellent field,do not render service there,then I am not in need of merit.Or suppose a minister seeking the royal sealof authority over the people of the court,does not give them money and grain,their authority dwindles.So too, if I, desiring merit,seeing an abundantly worthy recipient,do not give gifts to them,I will dwindle in merit.’Reflecting in this way,I took off my sandalsand bowed to his feet,giving him an umbrella and sandals.Though I was a hundred timesmore delicate and pampered than him,fulfilling my giving,I gave like this to him.”
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