Motif
moral reform through corrective instruction
moral_reform_through_corrective_instruction
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Jataka tales THE MEASURE OF RICE / THE FOOLISH, TIMID RABBIT / THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH MERCHANT / THE ELEPHANT GIRLY-FACE; lines 1088-1149 confidence: high
The wise man tells the king to send good men to talk where Girly-face can hear; the men say it is wrong to hurt or kill and that everyone should be gentle and good.
After good men speak about not hurting or killing and being gentle and good, Girly-face resolves to follow those teachings and becomes tame again.
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