“O Ape,” etc.—This story the Master told at the Bamboo Grove, about Devadatta.
“O Ape, these virtues four bring victory:
Truth, Wisdom, Self-control, and Piety.“Without these blessings is no victory—
Truth, Wisdom, Self-control, and Piety.”
224. Kumbhila Jātaka
Ja 224
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The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births, edited by , published by The Cambridge University Press.
- Vol. 1, translated by , 1895.
- Vol. 2, translated by , 1895.
- Vol. 3, translated by and , 1897.
- Vol. 4, translated by , 1901.
- Vol. 5, translated by , 1905.
- Vol. 6, translated by and , 1907.
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