Motif
False or premature condemnation corrected by proper inquiry
false_or_premature_condemnation_corrected_by_proper_inquiry
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family False Accusation and Fraud Exposed. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 END OF THE STORY OF CHULLAKA THE TREASURER. / END OF THE STORY OF THE MEASURE OF RICE. / END OF THE STORY ABOUT TRUE DIVINITY. / END OF THE STORY ON A HAPPY LIFE.; lines 9393-9504 confidence: high
The nuns bring the case to Devadatta; fearing disgrace and making no inquiry, he orders that the woman be expelled from the Order.
Devadatta expels the nun without inquiry, while the Buddha arranges a public fact-finding process to determine the timing of conception.
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