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Khuddaka Nikāya — The Minor Collection – page 22

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“Friend Harita”—This story the Master dwelling at Jetavana told concerning a discontented Brother. Now this Brother after seeing a smartly attired woman grew discontented and allowed his hair and nails to grow long, and wished to return to the world. And when he was brought against his will by his teachers and preceptors to the Master, and was asked by him, if it were true that he was a backslider, and if so why, he said, “Yes, your Reverence, it is owing to the power of sinful passion, after seeing a beautiful woman.” The Master said, “Sin, Brother, is destructive of virtue, and insipid withal, and causes a man to be re-born in hell; and why should not this sin prove your destruction? For the hurricane that smites Mount Sineru is not ashamed to carry off a withered leaf. But owing to this sin men who walk according to knowledge and wisdom, and have acquired the five Faculties and the eight Attainments, though they were great and holy men, being unable to fix their thoughts, fell away from mystic meditation.” And then he told a story of the past.

Tha Ap 431: Sovaṇṇakiṅkhaniya

Ja 432: Padakusalamanava Jātaka

“O Patala, by Ganges”—This story the Master dwelling at Jetavana told concerning a certain boy. He was, they say, the son of a householder at Savatthi, just seven years old, and skilled in recognizing footsteps.

Tha Ap 432: Sovaṇṇakattarika

Ja 433: Lomasakassapa Jātaka

“A king like Indra”—This story the Master dwelling at Jetavana told concerning a worldly-minded Brother. The Master asked him if he were longing for the world, and when he admitted that it was so, the Master said, “Brother, even men of the highest fame sometimes incur infamy. Sins like these defile even pure beings; much more one like you.” And then he told a story of the past.

Tha Ap 433: Ekavihāriya

Ja 434: Cakkavaka Jātaka

“Twin pair of birds”—This story the Master dwelling at Jetavana told concerning a greedy Brother.

Tha Ap 434: Ekasaṅkhiya

Ja 435: Haliddiraga Jātaka

“In lonesome forest”—This story the Master at Jetavana told about a youth who was tempted by a certain coarse maiden. The introductory story will be found in the Thirteenth Book in the Cullanarada Birth.

Tha Ap 435: Pāṭihīrasaññaka

Ja 436: Samugga Jātaka

“Whence come ye, friends”—This story the Master, while dwelling at Jetavana, told of a worldly-minded Brother. The Master, they say, asked him if it were true that he was hankering after the world, and on his confessing that it was so, he said, “Why, Brother, do you desire a woman? Verily woman is wicked and ungrateful. Of old Asura demons swallowed women, and though they guarded them in their belly, they could not keep them faithful to one man. How then will you be able to do so?” And hereupon he related an old-world tale.

Tha Ap 436: Ñāṇathavika

Ja 437: Putimansa Jātaka

“Why thus does Putimansa”—This was a story told by the Master while at Jetavana concerning the subjugation of the senses.

Tha Ap 437: Ucchukaṇḍika

Ja 438: Tittira Jātaka

“Thy harmless offspring”—This story the Master, while dwelling at Vulture Peak, told concerning the going about of Devadatta to slay him.

Tha Ap 438: Kalambadāyaka

Ja 439: Catu-Dvara Jātaka

“Four gates”—This story the Master told at Jetavana, about a certain unruly person. The circumstances have been already set forth in the first Birth of the Ninth Book. Here again the Master asked this brother, “Is it true, as they say, that you are disobedient?” “Yes, Sir.” “Long ago,” said he, “when by disobedience you refused to do the bidding of wise men, a razor-wheel was given to you.” And he told a story of the past.

Tha Ap 439: Ambāṭaka

Ja 440: Kanha Jātaka

“Behold yon man”—This story the Master told at Kapilavatthu, in the Banyan Park, about smiling.

Tha Ap 440: Harīṭakadāyaka

Ja 441: Catu-Posathika Jātaka

This Birth will be described in the Punnaka Birth.

Tha Ap 441: Ambapiṇḍiya

Ja 442: Sankha Jātaka

“O learned brahmin”—This story the Master told in Jetavana, about the giving of all the requisites.

Tha Ap 442: Jambuphaliya

Ja 443: Culla-Bodhi Jātaka

“If one seize”—This story the Master told in Jetavana, about a passionate man.

Tha Ap 443: Vibhīṭakamiñjaya

Ja 444: Kanhadipayana Jātaka

“Seven days”—This story the Master told in Jetavana, about a certain backsliding brother. The occasion will be explained under the Kusa Birth.

Tha Ap 444: Koladāyaka

Ja 445: Nigrodha Jātaka

“Who is the man”—This story the Master told in the Bamboo Grove, about Devadatta. One day the Brethren said to him, “Friend Devadatta, the Master is most helpful to you! From the Master you received your Orders, lesser and greater; you have learnt the Three Baskets, the voice of Buddha; you have caused the Ecstasy to arise within you; the glory and gain of the Dasabala belong to you.” At this he held up a blade of grass, with the words, “I can see no good that the ascetic Gotama has done me, not even this much!” They talked it over in the Hall of Truth. When the Master came in, he asked what they talked of as they sat together. They told him. Said he, “Brethren, this is not the first time, but long ago as now Devadatta was ungrateful and treacherous to friends.” And he told them a tale of olden days.

Tha Ap 445: Billaphaliya

Ja 446: Takkala Jātaka

“No bulbs are here”—This story the Master told at Jetavana about a layman who supported his father.

Tha Ap 446: Bhallāṭakadāyaka

Ja 447: Maha-Dhamma-Pala Jātaka

“What custom is it”—This story the Master told, after his first visit (as Buddha) to Kapilapura, while he lodged in his father’s Banyan Grove, about the King his father’s refusal to believe.

Tha Ap 447: Utuḷhipupphiya

Ja 448: Kukkuta Jātaka

“Trust not in those”—This story the Master told in the Bamboo Grove, on the subject of going about to kill. In the Hall of Truth, the Brethren were discussing the evil nature of Devadatta. “Why, Sir, by suborning archers and others to the task, Devadatta is making an attempt to murder the Dasabala!” The Master, entering, enquired, “What is this, Brethren, that ye speak of as ye sit here together?” They told him. Said he, “’Tis not now the first time that he has tried to murder me, but it was the same before”; and he told them a story of the past.

Tha Ap 448: Ambāṭakiya

Ja 449: Matta-Kundali Jātaka

“Why in the woodland”—This story the Master told while sojourning in Jetavana, about a landowner whose son had died. At Savatthi, we learn that death took a beloved son of a certain landowner who used to wait upon the Buddha. Afflicted with grief for his son, the man washed not and ate not, and neither went about his own business nor waited upon the Buddha, only cried, “O my beloved son, thou hast left me, and gone before!”

Tha Ap 449: Sīhāsanika

Ja 450: Bilari-Kosiya Jātaka

“When food is not”—This story the Master told, while dwelling at Jetavana, about a Brother who was devoted to giving.

Tha Ap 450: Pādapīṭhiya

Ja 451: Cakka-Vaka Jātaka

“Fine-coloured art thou”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about a greedy Brother. This man, it is said, dissatisfied with his mendicant’s garb and so forth, used to march about asking, “Where is there a meal for the Order? where is there an invitation?” and when he heard mention of meat, he showed great delight. Then some well-meaning Brethren, from kindness towards him, told the Master about it. The Master summoning him, asked, “Is it true, Brother, as I hear, that you are greedy?” “Yes, my lord, it is true,” said he. “Brother,” said the Master, “why are you greedy, after embracing a faith like ours, that leads to salvation? The state of greed is sinful; long ago, by reason of greed, you were not satisfied with the dead bodies of elephants and other offal in Benares, and went away into the mighty forest.” So saying, he told a story of the past.

Tha Ap 451: Vedikāraka

Ja 452: Bhuri-Panha Jātaka

“Is’t true, indeed”—This Bhuri-panha Birth will appear in the Ummagga Birth.

Tha Ap 452: Bodhighariya

Ja 453: Maha-Mangala Jātaka

“Declare the truth”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about the Maha-mangala Scripture, or the Treatise on Omens.

Tha Ap 453: Jagatidāyaka

Ja 454: Ghata Jātaka

“Black Kanha, rise”—This story the Master told in Jetavana about a son’s death. The circumstances are like those in the Mattha-Kundali Birth. Here again the Master asked the lay brother, “Are you in grief, layman?” He replied, “Yes, Sir.” “Layman,” said the Master, “long ago wise men listened to the bidding of the wise, and did not grieve for the death of a son.” And at his request, he told a story of the past.

Tha Ap 454: Morahatthiya

Ja 455: Mati-Posaka Jātaka

“Though far away”—This story the Master told, while dwelling in Jetavana, about an Elder who had his mother to support. The circumstances of the event are like those of the Sama Birth. On this occasion also the Master said, addressing the Brethren, “Be not wroth, Brethren, with this man; wise men there have been of old, who even when born from the womb of animals, being parted asunder from their mothers, refused for seven days to take food, pining away; and even when they were offered food fit for a king, did but reply, Without my mother I will not eat; yet took food again when they saw the mother.” So saying, he told a story of the past.

Tha Ap 455: Sīhāsanavījanīya

Ja 456: Junha Jātaka

“O king of men”—This story the Master told while dwelling at Jetavana about the boons received by Elder Ananda.

Tha Ap 456: Tiṇukkadhāriya

Ja 457: Dhamma Jātaka

“I do the right”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, how Devadatta was swallowed up in the earth. They gathered in the Hall of Truth to talk: “Friend, Devadatta fell at enmity with the Tathagata, and was swallowed up in the earth.” The Master entering asked what they were talking of as they sat there. They told him. He replied, “Now, Brethren, he has been swallowed up in the earth because he dealt a blow at my victorious authority; but formerly he dealt a blow at the authority of right, and was swallowed up in the earth, and went on his way to nethermost hell.” So saying, he told a story of the past.

Tha Ap 457: Akkamanadāyaka

Ja 458: Udaya Jātaka

“Thee flawless”—This story the Master told, while dwelling in Jetavana, about a backsliding Brother. The occasion will be explained under the Kusa Birth. Again the Master asked the man, “Is it true, Brother, that you have backslidden, as they say?” And he replied, “Yes, Sir.” Then he said, “O Brother, why are you backsliding from a religion such as ours, that leads to salvation, and all for fleshly lusts? Wise men of old, who were kings in Surundha, a city prosperous and measuring twelve leagues either way, though for seven hundred years they abode in one chamber with a woman beauteous as the nymphs divine, yet did not yield to their senses, and never so much as looked at her with desire.” So saying, he told a story of the past.

Tha Ap 458: Vanakoraṇḍiya

Ja 459: Paniya Jātaka

“The water-draught”—This story the Master told, whilst dwelling in Jetavana, about the subduing of evil passions.

Tha Ap 459: Ekachattiya

Ja 460: Yuvanjaya Jātaka

“I greet the lord”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about the Great Renunciation.

Tha Ap 460: Jātipupphiya

Ja 461: Dasaratha Jātaka

“Let Lakkhana”—This story the Master told in Jetavana about a landowner whose father was dead. This man on his father’s death was overwhelmed with sorrow: leaving all his duties undone, he gave himself up to his sorrow wholly. The Master at dawn of day looking out upon mankind, perceived that he was ripe for attaining the fruit of the First Path. Next day, after going his rounds for alms in Savatthi, his meal done, he dismissed the Brethren, and taking with him a junior Brother, went to this man’s house, and gave him greeting, and addressed him as he sat there in words of honey sweetness. “You are in sorrow, lay Brother?” said he. “Yes, Sir, afflicted with sorrow for my father’s sake.” Said the Master, “Lay Brother, wise men of old who exactly knew the eight conditions of this world , felt at a father’s death no grief, not even a little.” Then at his request he told a story of the past.

Tha Ap 461: Paṭṭipupphiya

Ja 462: Samvara Jātaka

“Your nature, mighty monarch”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about a Brother who had ceased to strive.

Tha Ap 462: Gandhapūjaka

Ja 463: Supparaka Jātaka

“Men with razor pointed”—This story the Master told while dwelling at Jetavana, about the Perfection of Knowledge.

Tha Ap 463: Sālakusumiya

Ja 464: Culla-Kunala Jātaka

“Small of wit”—This birth will be given under the Kunala Birth.

Tha Ap 464: Citapūjaka

Ja 465: Bhadda-Sala Jātaka

“Who art thou”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana about doing good to one’s kith and kin.

Tha Ap 465: Citakanibbāpaka

Ja 466: The Sea-Merchants

“Others sow”—This story the Master told while dwelling at Jetavana, about Devadatta, when he had gone down into Hell, taking with him five hundred families.

Tha Ap 466: Setudāyaka

Ja 467: Kama Jātaka

“He that desires”—This story the Master told while dwelling at Jetavana, about a certain brahmin.

Tha Ap 467: Sumanatālavaṇṭiya

Ja 468: Janasandha Jātaka

“Thus spake”—This story the Master told while dwelling at Jetavana, for the instruction of the King of Kosala.

Tha Ap 468: Avaṇṭaphaliya

Ja 469: Maha-Kanha Jātaka

“A black, black hound”—This story the Master told while dwelling at Jetavana, about living for the benefit of the world.

Tha Ap 469: Labujadāyaka

Ja 470: Kosiya Jātaka

The Kosiya Birth will be given under the Sudhabhojana Birth.

Tha Ap 470: Pilakkhaphaladāyaka

Ja 471: Mendaka Jātaka

The Problem of Mendaka will be given under the Ummagga Birth.

Tha Ap 471: Sayampaṭibhāṇiya

Ja 472: Maha-Paduma Jātaka

“No king should”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about Cincamanavika.

Tha Ap 472: Nimittavyākaraṇiya

Ja 473: Mittamitta Jātaka

“How should the wise”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about an upright courtier of the king of Kosala.

Tha Ap 473: Naḷamāliya

Ja 474: Amba Jātaka

“Young student, when”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about Devadatta. Devadatta repudiated his teacher, saying, “I will be Buddha myself, and Gotama the ascetic is no teacher or monitor of mine!” So, aroused from his mystic meditation, he made a breach in the Order. Then step by step he proceeded to Savatthi, and outside Jetavana, the earth yawned, and he went down into the hell Avici.

Tha Ap 474: Maṇipūjaka

Ja 475: Phandana Jātaka

“O man, who stand”—This story the Master told on the bank of the river Rohini, about a family quarrel. The circumstances will be described at large under the Kunala Birth. On this occasion the Master addressed himself to the kinsmen, O king, and said: