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Candābha-Jātaka
“Who sagely meditates.”—This story, too was told by the Master while at Jetavana about the interpretation of a problem by the Elder Sariputta at the gate of Sarkassa.
Jātaka Tales
Candābha-Jātaka
This verse is not included in this edition.
Candābha-Jātaka
“Who sagely meditates.”—This story, too was told by the Master while at Jetavana about the interpretation of a problem by the Elder Sariputta at the gate of Sarkassa.
This verse is not included in this edition.
Once on a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta, as he expired in his forest-home, answered his disciples’ enquiries with the words—“Moonlight and Sunlight.” With these words he died and passed to the Radiant Realm.
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Now when the chief disciple interpreted the Master’s words his fellows did not believe him. Then back came the Bodhisatta and from mid-air recited this stanza:—
Candābhajātaka
“Candābhaṁ sūriyābhañca, yodha paññāya gādha”ti. Avitakkena jhānena, hoti ābhassarūpagoti.
Who sagely meditates on sun and moon, Shall win (when Reason unto Ecstasy Gives place) his after-lot in Radiant Realms}.
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Such was the Bodhisatta’s teaching, and, first praising his disciple, he went his way back to the Brahma Realm.
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His lesson ended, the Master identified the Birth by saying, “Sariputta was the chief disciple of those days, and I Maha-Brahma.”