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The Tortoise

Kacchapajātaka

“The Tortoise needs must speak”—This is a story told by the Master while staying in Jetavana, about Kokalika. The circumstances which gave rise to it will be set forth under the Mahatakkari Birth. Here again the Master said: “This is not the only time, Brethren, that Kokalika has been ruined by talking; it was the same before.” And then he told the story as follows.

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

0.1Jātaka
0.2Dukanipāta
0.3Bīraṇathambhavagga

0.45. Kacchapajātaka

1.1PTS 2.177“Avadhī vata attānaṁ,1.2kacchapo byāharaṁ giraṁ;1.3Suggahītasmiṁ kaṭṭhasmiṁ,1.4vācāya sakiyāvadhi.
2.1Etampi disvā naravīriyaseṭṭha,2.2Vācaṁ pamuñce kusalaṁ nātivelaṁ;2.3Passasi bahubhāṇena,2.4Kacchapaṁ byasanaṁ gatan”ti.

3.1Kacchapajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.