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Chatta the Tall

Brahāchattajātaka

“Grass is still”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, of a certain rogue. The incident that suggested the story has been already related.

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

0.46. Brahāchattajātaka

1.1PTS 3.117“Tiṇaṁ tiṇanti lapasi,1.2ko nu te tiṇamāhari;1.3Kiṁ nu te tiṇakiccatthi,1.4tiṇameva pabhāsasi”.

2.1“Idhāgamā brahmacārī,2.2brahā chatto bahussuto;2.3So me sabbaṁ samādāya,2.4tiṇaṁ nikkhippa gacchati”.

3.1PTS 3.118“Evetaṁ hoti kattabbaṁ,3.2appena bahumicchatā;3.3Sabbaṁ sakassa ādānaṁ,3.4anādānaṁ tiṇassa ca”.3.5(…)

4.1“Sīlavanto na kubbanti,4.2bālo sīlāni kubbati;4.3Aniccasīlaṁ dussīlyaṁ,4.4kiṁ paṇḍiccaṁ karissatī”ti.

5.1Brahāchattajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.