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PersonPlus connu sous le nom de Kuṭumbiyaputta-Tissa, un thera qui renonça à une immense fortune pour la vie forestière et qui, lorsque des voyous engagés par sa belle-sœur vinrent le tuer, se brisa lui-même le fémur pour prouver qu’il ne fuirait pas, atteignant l’état d’Arahant en une nuit en endurant cette douleur.
A Thera of Sāvatthi, better known as Kuṭumbiyaputta-Tissa. He renounced four hundred million of wealth and became a monk dwelling in the forest. His younger brother’s wife sent five hundred ruffians to kill him. He begged them to spare his life for one night and broke his thigh-bone with a stone as proof that he would not attempt to escape. During the night he overcame his pain and, dwelling on his virtues, became an Arahant.⁵¹
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