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The Brahmin Upasāḷaka

Upasāḷakajātaka

“Fourteen thousand Upasalhas”—This story the Master told whilst at Jetavana, about a brahmin named Upasalha, who was fastidious in the matter of cemeteries.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.46. Upasāḷakajātaka

1.1PTS 2.56“Upasāḷakanāmāni,1.2sahassāni catuddasa;1.3Asmiṁ padese daḍḍhāni,1.4natthi loke anāmataṁ.

2.1Yamhi saccañca dhammo ca,2.2ahiṁsā saṁyamo damo;2.3Etaṁ ariyā sevanti,2.4etaṁ loke anāmatan”ti.

3.1Upasāḷakajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.