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The Ox Sārambha

Sārambhajātaka

“Speak kindly.”—This story was told by the Master while at Savatthi, about the precept touching abusive language. The introductory story and the story of the past are the same as in the Nandivisala-jataka above.

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

0.48. Sārambhajātaka

1.1PTS 1.375“Kalyāṇimeva muñceyya,1.2na hi muñceyya pāpikaṁ;1.3Mokkho kalyāṇiyā sādhu,1.4mutvā tappati pāpikan”ti.

2.1Sārambhajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.