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A Test of Virtue

Sīlavīmaṁsakajātaka

“Virtue is lovely”—This story the Master told at Jetavana, about a brahmin who put his reputation to the test. The circumstances which gave rise to it, and the story itself, are both given in the Silavimamsa Birth-tale, in the First Book.

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

0.1Jātaka
0.2Tikanipāta
0.3Abbhantaravagga

0.410. Sīlavīmaṁsakajātaka

1.1“Sīlaṁ kireva kalyāṇaṁ,1.2sīlaṁ loke anuttaraṁ;1.3Passa ghoraviso nāgo,1.4sīlavāti na haññati.
2.1PTS 2.430Sohaṁ sīlaṁ samādissaṁ,2.2loke anumataṁ sivaṁ;2.3Ariyavuttisamācāro,2.4yena vuccati sīlavā.
3.1Ñātīnañca piyo hoti,3.2mittesu ca virocati;3.3Kāyassa bhedā sugatiṁ,3.4upapajjati sīlavā”ti.

4.1Sīlavīmaṁsakajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

4.2Abbhantaravaggo catuttho.

5.1Tassuddānaṁ

6.1Duma kaṁsavaruttamabyagghamigā,6.2Maṇayo maṇi sālukamavhayano;6.3Anusāsaniyopi ca macchavaro,6.4Maṇikuṇḍalakena kirena dasāti.