Alīnacittajātaka
“Prince Winheart once upon a time”—This story the Master told at Jetavana, about a fainthearted Brother. The circumstances will be set forth in the Samvara Birth in the eleventh Book. When the Master asked this Brother if he really were fainthearted, as was said, he replied, “Yes, Blessed One.” To which the Master said, “What, Brother! in former days did you not gain supremacy over the kingdom of Benares, twelve leagues either way, and give it to a baby boy, like a lump of flesh and nothing more, and all this just by perseverance! And now that you have embraced this great salvation, are you to lose heart and faint?” And he told a story of olden days.
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1.1PTS 2.22“Alīnacittaṁ nissāya,1.2pahaṭṭhā mahatī camū;1.3Kosalaṁ senāsantuṭṭhaṁ,1.4jīvaggāhaṁ agāhayi.
2.1Evaṁ nissayasampanno,2.2bhikkhu āraddhavīriyo;2.3Bhāvayaṁ kusalaṁ dhammaṁ,2.4yogakkhemassa pattiyā;2.5Pāpuṇe anupubbena,2.6sabbasaṁyojanakkhayan”ti.
3.1Alīnacittajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.
