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A Scattering of Sesame

Tilamuṭṭhijātaka

“Now I bethink me”—This story the Master told in Jetavana, about a passionate man. We learn that there was a Brother who was full of bitterness. No matter how little was said to him, he fell in a rage and spoke roughly; showing wrath, hatred, and mistrust.

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

0.42. Tilamuṭṭhijātaka

1.1PTS 2.280“Ajjāpi me taṁ manasi,1.2yaṁ maṁ tvaṁ tilamuṭṭhiyā;1.3Bāhāya maṁ gahetvāna,1.4laṭṭhiyā anutāḷayi.

2.1Nanu jīvite na ramasi,2.2yenāsi brāhmaṇāgato;2.3Yaṁ maṁ bāhā gahetvāna,2.4tikkhattuṁ anutāḷayi”.

3.1“Ariyo anariyaṁ kubbantaṁ,3.2Yo daṇḍena nisedhati;3.3Sāsanaṁ taṁ na taṁ veraṁ,3.4Iti naṁ paṇḍitā vidū”ti.

4.1Tilamuṭṭhijātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.