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A False Flag

Dhammadhajajātaka

“Practise virtue”—The Master told this tale while dwelling in Jetavana, of a deceitful Brother. He said, “Brethren, this man is not deceitful now for the first time”: so he told an old-world tale.

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

0.49. Dhammadhajajātaka

1.1PTS 3.268“Dhammaṁ caratha ñātayo,1.2Dhammaṁ caratha bhaddaṁ vo;1.3Dhammacārī sukhaṁ seti,1.4Asmiṁ loke paramhi ca”.

2.1“Bhaddako vatayaṁ pakkhī,2.2dijo paramadhammiko;2.3Ekapādena tiṭṭhanto,2.4dhammamevānusāsati”.

3.1PTS 3.269“Nāssa sīlaṁ vijānātha,3.2anaññāya pasaṁsatha;3.3Bhutvā aṇḍañca potañca,3.4dhammo dhammoti bhāsati.

4.1Aññaṁ bhaṇati vācāya,4.2aññaṁ kāyena kubbati;4.3Vācāya no ca kāyena,4.4na taṁ dhammaṁ adhiṭṭhito.

5.1Vācāya sakhilo manoviduggo,5.2Channo kūpasayova kaṇhasappo;5.3Dhammadhajo gāmanigamāsu sādhu,5.4Dujjāno purisena bālisena.

6.1Imaṁ tuṇḍehi pakkhehi,6.2pādā cimaṁ viheṭhatha;6.3Chavañhimaṁ vināsetha,6.4nāyaṁ saṁvāsanāraho”ti.

7.1Dhammadhajajātakaṁ navamaṁ.