Kurudhamma Jataka, Kurudhamma-jātaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe Bodhisatta was once born as the son of Dhananjaya, king of the Kurus, and, after his fathers death, reigned in Indapatta. He observed the Kurudhamma - that is to say, the pancasila - as did the queen mother, his queen consort, the viceroy, the chaplain, the kings driver, his charioteer, the treasurer, the keeper of the royal granaries, the palace porter and the courtesan of the city. The country thus became very prosperous and its people happy. In the kingdom of Kalinga there was a drought and consequent scarcity of food. The king, acting on the advice of his ministers, sent brahmins to beg from the Bodhisatta the loan of his state elephant, Anjanavasabha, who was reported to bring rain. The elephant was lent willingly but no rain fell. It was thereupon decided that the prosperity of the Kurus was due to the Kurudhamma observed by the king and the others, and messengers were despatched to find out which these Kurudhammas were. From the king down to the courtesan, all had rigorously kept them, but each had unwittingly done something which he or she considered a violation of the dhamma. The messengers, therefore, had to visit each one and take down a list of the dhamma. The incidents related by each to the messengers, explaining wherein they had transgressed the dhammas, only served to emphasise how scrupulously they had conducted themselves.
The Kalinga king practised the Kurudhamma and rain fell in his country.
The story was told in reference to a monk who had killed a wild goose. Two monks bathed in Aciravati, and while standing on the bank, drying, they saw two geese appear. The monks took a bet as to which should hit the goose in the eye, and one of them threw a stone which pierced one eye and came out of the other. The monk was reported to the Buddha. J.ii.365ff; DhA.iv.86ff; cp. Cariyapitaka i.3.
With the introductory story compare that of the Salittaka Jataka (J.i.418).
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: Kurudhamma, Jataka.
Full-text: Dantapura, Indapatta, Aciravati, Dhananjaya, Kalinga, Kuru, Nanda.
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