A Test of Virtue

Sīlavīmaṁsajātaka

“Power on earth”—This was a story told by the Master when at Jetavana, about a brahmin who was ever proving his virtue. Two similar stories have been told before. In this case the Bodhisatta was the family priest of the king of Benares.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Catukkanipāta
0.3Kuṭidūsakavagga

0.410. Sīlavīmaṁsajātaka

1.1PTS 3.100“Sīlaṁ kireva kalyāṇaṁ,1.2sīlaṁ loke anuttaraṁ;1.3Passa ghoraviso nāgo,1.4sīlavāti na haññati”.
2.1“Yāvadevassahū kiñci,2.2tāvadeva akhādisuṁ;2.3Saṅgamma kulalā loke,2.4na hiṁsanti akiñcanaṁ.
3.1PTS 3.101Sukhaṁ nirāsā supati,3.2āsā phalavatī sukhā;3.3Āsaṁ nirāsaṁ katvāna,3.4sukhaṁ supati piṅgalā.
4.1Na samādhiparo atthi,4.2asmiṁ loke paramhi ca;4.3Na paraṁ nāpi attānaṁ,4.4vihiṁsati samāhito”ti.

5.1Sīlavīmaṁsajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

5.2Kuṭidūsakavaggo tatiyo.

6.1Tassuddānaṁ

7.1Samanussa saduddubha yācanako,7.2Atha meṇḍavaruttama godhavaro;7.3Atha kāyasakepuka bhotīvaro,7.4Atha rādhasusīlavarena dasāti.