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A Test of Virtue

Sīlavīmaṁsakajātaka

“Naught can compare.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about a brahmin who put to the test his reputation for goodness.

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

0.46. Sīlavīmaṁsakajātaka

1.1PTS 1.371“Sīlaṁ kireva kalyāṇaṁ,1.2sīlaṁ loke anuttaraṁ;1.3Passa ghoraviso nāgo,1.4sīlavāti na haññatī”ti.

2.1Sīlavīmaṁsakajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.