Mittavinda-Jātaka

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Source: Converted from Archaic translation by Robert Chalmers
JATAKA No. 82

MITTAVINDA-JATAKA

"No more to dwell."--This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana monastery, about a self-willed Brother(Monk). The incidents of this Birth, which took place in the days of the Buddha Kashyapa, will be told in the Tenth Book in the Maha-Mittavindaka Jataka (*1).

Then the Bodhisattva uttered this Stanza:-

No more to dwell in island palaces Of crystal, silver, or of sparkling gems, With flinty headgear you are having now; Nor shall its griding torture ever cease Till all your sin be purged and life shall end.

So saying, the Bodhisattva passed to his own dwelling among the Devas(Angels). And Mittavindaka, having wore that headgear, suffered grievous torment till his sin had been spent and he passed away to fare according to his deeds.

His lesson ended, the Master identified the Birth, by saying, "This self-willed Brother(Monk) was the Mittavindaka of those days, and I myself the King of the Devas(Angels)."

Footnotes:

(1)No. 439.