Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study

SR No.: 022804
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nagaraj Muni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 804
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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"If I had the necessary wherewithal, I would not let this happen.
Just then she remembered the proposal sent by the merchant's daughter about the sale of her hair. She decided at once that with the money she would get by selling her hair, she would buy food and offer it to the monk. No sooner had she taken the decision than she gave effect to it. She sent her foster-mother to invite the monks to her house. Meanwhile, she cut her hairs and said to her,
"Mummy dear! Please send my hairs to the merchant's daughter. The money these would fetch, I shall use to help the monks".
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Her foster-mother felt very sorry at the poor girl cutting her hairs. But what could she do now? She wiped her tears and tried to be patient. Then she received the hairs and proceeded to the merchant's home to sell them. Even the finest things on earth receive no appreciation when they come unwanted. This happened to the hairs. When the merchant's daughter saw the hairs, she thought,
"I offered a fabulous price for these hairs, but then she did not sell. But now they are cut. So I shall pay what I consider just".
Turning to the maid, she said,
"The price of the hairs of a living person is no more than 8 kārṣāpaņas. She took the hairs and thrust the coins into the maid's hand. The maid gave the coins to the poor girl. She used these eight coins to procure eight varieties of food and offered them to the monks. Sthavira Katyayana realised the noble intentions of the donor and said to the maid, "Where is the girl, our benefactress"?
"Arya! She is in".
The monk "Call her hither".
The maid
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When the girl came to know that the monks have known her noble intentions, she was very much impress'ed. She felt a great respect for them in her mind. She