Dear Group,

I have been asked by a Dhamma friend to help find the Pali words for
the quote given in this excerpt. She is having trouble with her CD-
Rom and can't locate it. I would be very grateful if anyone is able
to provide assistance to us in this matter.

It is from an article entitled 'In Defense of Dharma: Just-War
Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka' by Tessa Bartholomeusz, published in
the Journal of Buddhist Ethics
http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/6/bartho991.htm

The Excerpt:
"In the Mahavamsa, just-war thinking provides a scenario in which
Dutugemunu's violent actions are justified and in which non-violence -
- rendered palpable by Dutugemunu's guilt -- remains the guiding
force..
The reading that Dutugemunu's duty of non-violence has been
overridden by his duty to establish Buddhism further throughout the
island is plausible in light of the exchange between the arahants and
the troubled king. With their power to read the king's mind, they
discern his profound discomfort for having taken life (that is, the
lives of King Elara with sixty thousand men), and eight of them
travel to his side to console him. He asks them how he will ever find
comfort, considering what he had done, that he had killed such a lot
of people. The arahants respond with their own just-war thinking:"

The quote for which the Pali is requested:
"Only one and a half human beings have been slain here by thee, O
lord of men. The one had come unto the (three) refuges, the other had
taken unto himself the five precepts. Unbelievers and men of evil
life were the rest, not more to be esteemed than beasts. But as for
thee, thou wilt bring glory to the doctrine of the Buddha in manifold
ways; therefore cast away care from the heart, O ruler of men
(xxv.108-112)."

With thanks for your consideration,
metta and peace,
Christine
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