Ja 101Parosata Jātaka
Pāli / Sanskrit:Parosatajātaka
This story is in all respects analogous to the Parosahassa Jātaka (No. 99), with the sole difference that ‘think hard’ is read here.
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– Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births
– Book 1 Ekanipāta
101. Parosata Jātaka
Far better than a hundred fools, though they
Think hard a hundred years unceasingly,
Is one who, hearing, straightway understands.
PTS vp Pali 411 This story is in all respects analogous to the Parosahassa Jātaka (No. 99), with the sole difference that ‘think hard’ is read here.
The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births , edited by E.B. Cowell , published by The Cambridge University Press.
– Vol. 1, translated by Robert Chalmers , 1895 .
– Vol. 2, translated by W.H.D. Rouse , 1895.
– Vol. 3, translated by H.T. Francis and R.A. Neil , 1897.
– Vol. 4, translated by W.H.D. Rouse , 1901.
– Vol. 5, translated by H.T. Francis , 1905.
– Vol. 6, translated by E.B. Cowell and W.H.D. Rouse , 1907.
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