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Theravāda — Pali Canon · Khuddaka Nikāya — The Minor Collection
Cp 25The Conduct of the Scholar Soṇa
Pāli / Sanskrit:Soṇapaṇḍitacariya
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Full translation (English)
– The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
The Chapter With Yudhañjaya The Perfection of Renunciation (5th)
Soṇa the Astute’s Conduct
“Then again when I wasin the city of Brahmavaḍḍhana,I was reborn therein a fine, wealthy, and eminent family.Even so, I saw that the worldhad become blind, smothered in darkness.My mind recoiled from rebirth,as if harshly pricked by a goad.Seeing the many forms of wickedness,I though to myself:‘When shall I leave the houseand enter the forest?’Then too my relatives invited meto enjoy the pleasures of the senses.I told them of my desire, saying,‘Do not invite me to such things!’My younger brother,who was named Nanda the astute,followed my ethical practices,and chose to go forth.I, Soṇa, and Nanda,and both my mother and father,then discarded our riches entered the great forest.”
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