Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

past deed causing present incapacity

past_deed_causing_present_incapacity

A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


buddhist

  • Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 GLORY BE TO THE BLESSED, THE HOLY, THE ALL-WISE ONE. / BOOK I. / END OF THE STORY ON HOLDING TO THE TRUTH. / END OF THE STORY OF THE SANDY ROAD.; lines 8301-8416 confidence: high

    In a former time of Kassapa the Buddha, he mocked a dull monk learning recitation; as a result he is now dull and forgets each line as he learns the next.

    The passage states that Little Roadling's present dullness follows from his former conduct of mocking a dull monk learning a recitation.

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