313 Khantivādī Jātaka (JTA 118) The Doctrine of Patience Ashin Sarana:
Valentina’s drawing Long ago, when a king named Karabu was reigning in Baranasi, the Bodhisatta was born into an extremely rich family and his name was Kundaraka. When his parents died, he had all this money, so he decided to give it out to several virtuous people, and then he took the name of Khantivadi and became an ascetic. The commander in-chief invited the ascetic to stay at the royal park, but then one day the king had singers and musicians perform for him, but the king fell asleep and the women that were singing saw no point in singing if he was just going to sleep so they went to the ascetic and talked to him instead of singing. The king woke up but then he saw no one around him so he asked the favorite where they went, and he said that they went to go talk to the ascetic. The king became mad and asked the ascetic what he preached, and the ascetic answered that he teaches patience, so the king decided to test his patience by cutting off parts of his body, but the patient ascetic showed no emotion and stayed patient while he was being tortured. He said that his patience was in his heart and not in the body parts he lost. The ascetic still granted for the king to live long even though he was so cruel to him, and he said that he feels no anger towards the king. The king then fell into hell and the ascetic died that day because of his serious injuries. Everybody honored his broken body with perfumes, garlands, and incense.Kids’ drawing
