Motif
attendant joins elite renunciants after refusing wealth
attendant_joins_elite_renunciants_after_refusing_wealth
A motif of the Mystical Quest and Interior Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Vinaya Texts, Part III: The Kullavagga IV-XII (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 20) SEVENTH KHANDHAKA. / I 1 . / VII, I, 2. / VII, 1 , 3 .; lines 10793-10914 confidence: medium
After going some distance, the group sends the retinue back, crosses into a neighboring district, removes fine things, wraps them in robes as a bundle, and tells Upali to return because the goods will support him.
Upali the barber, initially sent back with the group’s valuables, fears danger, abandons the bundle, and rejoins the Sakya youths to go forth.
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