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The Ascetic Komāraputta

Komāraputtajātaka

“Aforetime you were used”—This story the Master told in Pubbarama, about some Brethren who were rude and rough in their manners.

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

0.49. Komāraputtajātaka

1.1PTS 2.448“Pure tuvaṁ sīlavataṁ sakāse,1.2Okkantikaṁ kīḷasi assamamhi;1.3Karohare makkaṭiyāni makkaṭa,1.4Na taṁ mayaṁ sīlavataṁ ramāma”.

2.1“Sutā hi mayhaṁ paramā visuddhi,2.2Komāraputtassa bahussutassa;2.3Mā dāni maṁ maññi tuvaṁ yathā pure,2.4Jhānānuyutto viharāmi āvuso”.

3.1PTS 2.449“Sacepi selasmi vapeyya bījaṁ,3.2Devo ca vasse na hi taṁ virūḷhe;3.3Sutā hi te sā paramā visuddhi,3.4Ārā tuvaṁ makkaṭa jhānabhūmiyā”ti.

4.1Komāraputtajātakaṁ navamaṁ.