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Cātumāsika-Brahmadatta2

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花咲く木が従者によって丸裸にされる一方、近くの花のない木には手が触れられなかったのを見て、所有がもたらす煩わしさを省み、王位を退いて辟支仏となったバーラーナシーの王。

King of Bārāṇasī. Once in every four months he would visit his park. One day, on entering the park, he saw a pāricchattaka-tree covered with blossom, and picked one of the flowers. His retinue followed his example, and soon the tree was quite bare. On his return from the park he observed this, and also how another tree nearby, devoid of flowers, had been spared the spoilation. He thereupon reflected how possessions led to trouble, and, renouncing his kingdom, he donned the robes of a monk, later becoming a Pacceka Buddha. His verse of exhaltation (udāna) is included in the Khaggavisāṇa Sutta. SN.vs.64; SnA.i.116; ApA.i.161.

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