Setaketu Jataka, Setaketu-jātaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe Bodhisatta was once a far famed teacher, with five hundred pupils, chief among whom was Setaketu, an Udicca brahmin, who prided himself on his high caste. One day, meeting a Candala, Setaketu told him to pass on his leeward side, but the Candala refused, challenging Setaketu to answer a question. Setaketu accepted the challenge, and he was asked what were the four quarters. Setaketu gave the usual answer, whereupon the Candala forced him between his feet. When this was reported to the teacher, he told Setaketu that the four quarters were parents, teachers, generous householders, and deliverance from misery. Later, Setaketu left for Takkasila, and, after finishing his studies there, went to Benares with five hundred ascetics. There they practised false penances and won the kings approval; the kings chaplain, however, warned him against them, saying that they possessed only false knowledge and had no morality. The chaplain persuaded Setaketu and his followers to become laymen and enter the kings service.
The story was related in the same circumstances as the Uddala Jataka (q.v.). Setaketu is identified with the false priest, the Candala with Sariputta, and the kings chaplain with the Bodhisatta. J.iii.232-7.
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: Setaketu, Jataka.
Full-text: Setaketu, Uddalaka Jataka.
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