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Theravāda — Pali Canon · Khuddaka Nikāya — The Minor Collection
Cp 24The Conduct Involving Lotus Stalks
Pāli / Sanskrit:Bhisacariya
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Full translation (English)
– The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
The Chapter With Yudhañjaya The Perfection of Renunciation (4th)
The Conduct of the Lotus-eaters
“Then again when I wasin the capital citadel of Kāsi,a sister and seven brotherswere born in a learned family.I was the first-born of them all,furnishing with pure conscience.Seeing rebirth as fearful,I longed for renunciation.Sent for by my mother and father,my friends with one mindinvited me to enjoy sensual pleasures, saying:‘Maintain the family lineage.’The words they saidabout the ways a householder can find happiness,were hard for me to hear,like a heated ploughshare.When I turned down their proposal,they asked me what I wished for:‘My dear, what is it that you wish,since you do not long for sensual pleasures?’I spoke to my beneficiaries,wanting what is best.‘I wish not for the householder’s state,I long for renunciation.’Hearing my words,they told my mother and father . My parents said this:‘Sirs, let all of us go forth!’So both my mother and father,sister and seven brothers,discarding countless riches,entered the great forest.”
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