Valodaka Jataka, Vālodaka-jātaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesOnce Brahmadatta, king of Benares, went with a large army to quell a frontier rebellion, and, on his return, ordered that his horses be given some grape juice to drink. The horses drank and stood quietly in their stalls. There was a heap of leavings empty of all goodness, and the king ordered that these be kneaded with water, strained, and given to the donkeys who carried the horses provender. The donkeys drank it, and galloped about braying loudly. The king asked his courtier (the Bodhisatta) the reason for this, and he answered that the lowborn lack self control.
The story was told in reference to some boys, attendants of devotees, at Savatthi. The devotees themselves were calm and collected, but the boys would eat and then scamper about the banks of the Aciravati, making great uproar. They are identified with the donkeys (J.ii.95f).
According to the Dhammapada Commentary (DhA.ii.154f ) the story was related after the monks returned to Savatthi from Veranja. Their attendants had been quiet in Veranja, where there was little to eat, but in Savatthi they ate the remnants of the monks food and made a great noise.
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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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 2 - The Vālodaka Jātaka told by The Buddha on His arrival in Sāvatthi < [Chapter 31 - The Monk Sudinna, the Son of the Kalanda Merchant]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 183: Vālodaka-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]