Motif
impartial endurance and benevolence
impartial_endurance_and_benevolence
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 3921-4041 confidence: high
Sumedha beholds the sixth Perfection of Longsuffering, said to have been practised by former Buddhas, and is instructed to endure praise and reproach as the earth endures pure and impure things thrown upon it.
The passage presents models of impartiality: the earth accepts pure and impure things, and water refreshes good and bad alike; Sumedha is told to endure praise and reproach and show good-will to friends and foes.
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