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Unsuspecting: a past life story

Khuddaka Nikāya
8. Varuṇavagga
Asaṁkiyajātaka
Minor Collection
8. The Temple Tree
Unsuspecting: a past life story
Khuddaka Nikāya
8. Varuṇavagga
Asaṁkiyajātaka
Unsuspecting: a past life story

“The village breeds no fear in me.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about a lay-brother who lived at Savatthi. Tradition says that this man, who had entered the Paths and was an earnest believer, was once journeying along on some business or other in the company of a leader of a caravan; in the jungle the carts were unyoked and a laager was constructed; and the good man began to pace up and down at the foot of a certain tree hard by the leader.

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6. Asaṅkiyajātaka
Unsuspecting: a past life story6. Asaṅkiyajātaka

I am unsuspecting in the village;*An ascetic is unafraid even in the presence of bandits, for he has nothing to lose.in the wilderness there’s no peril for me:I ride upon the straight path*For this idiom, see MN 12:39.7. Samārūḷha is literally “mounted”; the expression refers to travelling along on a horse, etc.with love and compassion.

“Asaṅkiyomhi gāmamhi, araññe natthi me bhayaṁ; Ujuṁ maggaṁ samārūḷho, mettāya karuṇāya cā”ti.

I am unsuspecting in the village;*An ascetic is unafraid even in the presence of bandits, for he has nothing to lose.
“Asaṅkiyomhi gāmamhi,
in the wilderness there’s no peril for me:
araññe natthi me bhayaṁ;
I ride upon the straight path*For this idiom, see MN 12:39.7. Samārūḷha is literally “mounted”; the expression refers to travelling along on a horse, etc.
Ujuṁ maggaṁ samārūḷho,
with love and compassion.
mettāya karuṇāya cā”ti.

I am unsuspecting in the village;*An ascetic is unafraid even in the presence of bandits, for he has nothing to lose.“Asaṅkiyomhi gāmamhi, in the wilderness there’s no peril for me:araññe natthi me bhayaṁ; I ride upon the straight path*For this idiom, see MN 12:39.7. Samārūḷha is literally “mounted”; the expression refers to travelling along on a horse, etc.Ujuṁ maggaṁ samārūḷho, with love and compassion.mettāya karuṇāya cā”ti.

Asaṅkiyajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.

Asaṅkiyajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.

Asaṅkiyajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.