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Theravāda — Pali Canon · Khuddaka Nikāya — The Minor Collection
Cp 27The Conduct of the Monkey-king
Pāli / Sanskrit:Kapirājacariya
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Full translation (English)
– The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
The Chapter With Yudhañjaya The Perfection of Truth (1st)
The Monkey King’s Conduct
“When I was a monkeyin a cleft on the riverbank,harassed by a crocodileI could not get across.Where I used to landwhen jumping from the near shore to the far,there crouched my deadly foe,the baleful gharial.Reassuring me, he said ‘Come!’‘I am coming,’ I said to him.Stepping on his headI made it to the far bank.I spoke no lie to him,but acted according to my word.There is no-one to equal my truthfulness:this is my perfection of truth.”
Translation source: Bhikkhu Indacanda (SuttaCentral)License: VI © Bhikkhu Indacanda (qua SuttaCentral) · EN CC0-1.0 (Bhikkhu Sujato)
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