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Dispassion for the Body

Kāyanibbindajātaka

“Down smitten with a direful illness”—This story the Master told at Jetavana about a certain man tormented by jaundice, given up by the doctors as a hopeless case.

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

0.43. Kāyanibbindajātaka

1.1PTS 2.437“Phuṭṭhassa me aññatarena byādhinā,1.2Rogena bāḷhaṁ dukhitassa ruppato;1.3Parisussati khippamidaṁ kaḷevaraṁ,1.4Pupphaṁ yathā paṁsuni ātape kataṁ.

2.1Ajaññaṁ jaññasaṅkhātaṁ,2.2asuciṁ sucisammataṁ;2.3Nānākuṇapaparipūraṁ,2.4jaññarūpaṁ apassato.

3.1Dhiratthumaṁ āturaṁ pūtikāyaṁ,3.2Jegucchiyaṁ assuciṁ byādhidhammaṁ;3.3Yatthappamattā adhimucchitā pajā,3.4Hāpenti maggaṁ sugatūpapattiyā”ti.

4.1Kāyanibbindajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.