Durajana Jataka, Durājāna-jātaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesDurajana Jataka Durajana Jataka (No.64)
A young brahmin student of Takkasila fell in love with a woman and married her. She was very capricious and her husband neglected his duties. The teacher instructed his student to take no notice of his wifes moods.
The story was related to a devout layman of Savatthi who had as wife a capricious woman. She worried him so much that he neglected his visits to the Buddha. The couple were identical in both stories. J.i.299-301.
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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