See also Dhammapada, third stanza of the Nirayavagga!
Gunnar
--- Dhammanando Bhikkhu <
dhammanando@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> > I'm looking for a parallel in Pali for something
> mentioned
> > in another text I'm working on. Does anybody know
> if there
> > is a passage somewhere in the Tipitaka that speaks
> of those
> > who would rather enter into a blazing fire or of
> lick / cut
> > off their tongue with a sharp knife / razor etc
> (or lick a
> > burning log) rather than doing certain evil things
> ? I have
> > a vague recollection of reading something like
> this once but
> > really cannot remember if it was from the
> Tipitaka. Any
> > suggestions pls !
>
>
> You will find the Bodhisatta represented this way
> in more than one Jaataka, though I can't immediately
> recall
> an example. There are also several passages where
> the
> Buddha's admonition to his monks takes the form, "It
> would
> be better for you to do X [something that will cause
> you
> extraordinary pain], rather than Y [something
> immoral]. If
> this is in line with what you are looking for, see
> the the
> seven blood-curdling similes of the Aggikkhandhopama
> Sutta
> (A. iv. 127-35, also quoted in the Path of
> Purification I 153-7),
> and the Vinaya Pi.taka's nidaana to the first and
> fourth paaraajika offences (Vin. iii. 20-1; & 89).
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Dhammanando
>
>
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