Ekapanna Jataka, Ekapanna-jātaka: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe Bodhisatta was once a brahmin ascetic of great iddhi power and dwelt in the Himalaya. One day he entered Benares and took up his residence in the royal park. The king, pleased with his demeanour, invited him into the palace and asked him to spend the rainy season in the park. The king had an ill natured son, named Dutthakumara, and despairing of ever being able to reform him, handed him over, as a last resort, to the ascetic. One day, when the ascetic was walking about in the garden with the prince, he asked him to taste the leaf of a young Nimba plant. The prince did so, but at once spat it out, because of its intense bitterness. If such bitterness should reside in the baby tree, how will it be when it grows up? said the Bodhisatta, and thereupon drew a moral with regard to the princes own conduct. The prince benefited by the lesson, and thenceforth changed his nature.
The story was told in reference to a Licchavi Kumara called Duttha. J.i.504-8.
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).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ekapaṇṇa, Jataka.
Full-text: Duttha.
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