Khantivadi Jataka, Khantivādī-jātaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe Bodhisatta, under the name of Kundaka, was once born in a very rich family of Kasi. After the death of his parents he gave away his immense wealth in charity and became an ascetic in the Himalaya. Returning later to Kasi, he dwelt in the royal park, being tended by the commander in chief. One day Kalabu, king of Benares, visited the park with his harem and, falling into a drunken sleep, left the women to their own devices; they, wandering about and meeting the ascetic, asked him to preach to them. When the king woke he sought his women, and seeing the ascetic and being told that he had been preaching on patience (khanti), he gave orders that the ascetics own patience be tested. The ascetic was subjected to various forms of ill treatment until, becoming more and more angry at his composure, the king gave orders for him to be tortured by the cutting off of his limbs. As the king left the park the earth opened and he was swallowed in Avici. The commander in chief, hearing what had happened, hurried off to the ascetic to ask forgiveness. The ascetic declared that he bore no malice, and died of his injuries with a blessing to the king on his lips. It is told by some that he went back to the Himalaya.
The story was related at Jetavana in reference to a wrathful monk (J.iii.39-43). Kalabu was Devadatta and the commander in chief, Sariputta.
The Jataka is frequently mentioned as an example of supreme forgiveness, the ascetic being referred to as Khantivadi (E.g., DhA.i.126; KhpA.149; J.i.46; iii.178; vi.257; BuA.51). The Jataka further illustrates how a mans anger can grow towards an unoffending victim (J.iv.11), and how an angry man loses all his prosperity (J.v.113, 119).
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Partial matches: Khantivadi, Jataka.
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