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The Brahmin Satadhamma

Satadhammajātaka

“What a trifle”—This story the Master told while sojourning in Jetavana, about the twenty-one unlawful ways of earning a livelihood.

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

0.49. Satadhammajātaka

1.1PTS 2.84“Tañca appañca ucchiṭṭhaṁ,1.2tañca kicchena no adā;1.3Sohaṁ brāhmaṇajātiko,1.4yaṁ bhuttaṁ tampi uggataṁ”.

2.1“Evaṁ dhammaṁ niraṅkatvā,2.2Yo adhammena jīvati;2.3Satadhammova lābhena,2.4Laddhenapi na nandatī”ti.

3.1Satadhammajātakaṁ navamaṁ.