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A Fine Reputation

Kalyāṇadhammajātaka

“O king, when people hail us”—This story the Master told in Jetavana, about a deaf mother-in-law.

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

0.41. Kalyāṇadhammajātaka

1.1PTS 2.65“Kalyāṇadhammoti yadā janinda,1.2Loke samaññaṁ anupāpuṇāti;1.3Tasmā na hiyyetha naro sapañño,1.4Hiriyāpi santo dhuramādiyanti.

2.1Sāyaṁ samaññā idha majja pattā,2.2Kalyāṇadhammoti janinda loke;2.3Tāhaṁ samekkhaṁ idha pabbajissaṁ,2.4Na hi matthi chando idha kāmabhoge”ti.

3.1Kalyāṇadhammajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.