Motif
virtues taught through natural and cosmic exemplars
virtues_taught_through_natural_and_cosmic_exemplars
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Knowledge Through Animals and Nature. 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 fifth Perfection of Exertion, said to have been practised by former sages, resolves to attain it, and is instructed to exert himself like a lion, king of beasts, in order to attain Buddhahood.
Each perfection is illustrated by a literal exemplar from animal, earth, celestial, mountain, or water imagery: lion, earth, Venus, mountain, and water.
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