Motif
Impartial virtue modeled on natural elements
impartial_virtue_modeled_on_natural_elements
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 4043-4161 confidence: high
Good-will is named as the ninth Perfection practiced by former Buddhas; Sumedha is urged to become unrivalled in kindness and to look with friendship on evil and good alike, as water cools and removes impurity from all alike.
Good-will is compared to water cooling and cleansing all alike, and Equanimity is compared to earth receiving pure and impure things without anger or favor.
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