0.41. Kusanāḷijātaka
1.1PTS 1.443“Kare sarikkho atha vāpi seṭṭho,1.2Nihīnako vāpi kareyya eko;1.3Kareyyumete byasane uttamatthaṁ,1.4Yathā ahaṁ kusanāḷi rucāyan”ti.
2.1Kusanāḷijātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.
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The Spirit in the Clump of Grass
Kusanāḷijātaka
“Let great and small.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about Anatha-pindika’s true friend. For his acquaintances and friends and relations came to him and tried hard to stop his intimacy with a certain man, saying that neither in birth nor wealth was he Anatha-pindika’s equal. But the great merchant replied that friendship should not depend on equality or inequality of externals.
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