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money to win her consent. The monk wishing to satisfy her wandered out in search of money. He was told that in Nepal there was a lay follower of Jain faith who offered a blanket to his guest and the blanket cost the same huge amount of money that the courtesan had demanded. He accordingly went to Nepal and obtained the blanket. As he was rushing back to Pāt aliputra he was attacked by a gang of robbers who spared his life as well as his precious possession, the blanket. He subsequently gave it to the courtesan who threw it away as worthless as much as he himself was worthless for her. He came back to his teacher who scolded him and explained how firm Sthulabhadra really was in his vow and asked whether he did not deserve the respect that he had shown him.
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