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The Unknown Fruit

Kiṁpakkajātaka

“As they who ate.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about a concupiscent Brother. Tradition says there was a scion of a good family who gave his heart to the Buddha’s doctrine and joined the Brotherhood. But one day as he was going his round for alms in Savatthi, he was there stirred to concupiscence by the sight of a beautifully dressed woman.

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

0.45. Kiṁpakkajātaka

1.1PTS 1.368“Āyatiṁ dosaṁ nāññāya,1.2yo kāme paṭisevati;1.3Vipākante hananti naṁ,1.4kiṁpakkamiva bhakkhitan”ti.

2.1Kiṁpakkajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.