Cātumāsika-Brahmadatta2
Person波羅奈國王,見隨從將一株花樹採摘殆盡而旁邊無花之樹卻安然無恙,因而省悟財物所帶來的禍患,遂棄位出家,證得辟支佛果。
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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