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The Ascetic Araka

Arakajātaka

“The heart that boundless pity feels”—This story the Master told at Jetavana, about the Scripture on Lovingkindness.

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

0.49. Arakajātaka

1.1PTS 2.61“Yo ve mettena cittena,1.2sabbalokānukampati;1.3Uddhaṁ adho ca tiriyaṁ,1.4appamāṇena sabbaso.

2.1Appamāṇaṁ hitaṁ cittaṁ,2.2paripuṇṇaṁ subhāvitaṁ;2.3Yaṁ pamāṇakataṁ kammaṁ,2.4na taṁ tatrāvasissatī”ti.

3.1Arakajātakaṁ navamaṁ.