Motif
ascetic austerity explained as former-birth karma
ascetic_austerity_explained_as_former_birth_karma
A motif of the Death, Rebirth, and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
buddhist
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The Questions of King Milinda, Part I (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 35) KING MILINDA. / BOOK I. / I, 13. THE HERETICS OF OLD. Q / I, 19. MAHASENA THE GOD.; lines 4467-4585 confidence: high
Milinda says Ayupala's renunciation is useless and claims Buddhist Samanas renounce the world and take on ascetic restraints because of sins committed in former births.
Milinda repeatedly explains ascetic restraints as consequences of theft, plunder, or violence in former births rather than as virtue.
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