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Doing Better

Seyyajātaka

“’Tis best that you should know”—This tale the Master told at Jetavana, about a courtier of the king of Kosala.

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

0.42. Seyyajātaka

1.1PTS 2.402“Seyyaṁso seyyaso hoti,1.2yo seyyamupasevati;1.3Ekena sandhiṁ katvāna,1.4sataṁ vajjhe amocayiṁ.

2.1Tasmā sabbena lokena,2.2sandhiṁ katvāna ekato;2.3Pecca saggaṁ nigaccheyya,2.4idaṁ suṇātha kāsiyā”.

3.1PTS 2.403Idaṁ vatvā mahārājā,3.2Kaṁso bārāṇasiggaho;3.3Dhanuṁ kaṇḍañca nikkhippa,3.4Saṁyamaṁ ajjhupāgamīti.

4.1Seyyajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.