• Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births
  • Book 2 Dukanipāta

224. Kumbhila Jātaka

ā€œO Ape,ā€ etc.—This story the Master told at the Bamboo Grove, about Devadatta.

ā€œO Ape, these virtues four bring victory:
Truth, Wisdom, Self-control, and Piety.

ā€œWithout these blessings is no victory—
Truth, Wisdom, Self-control, and Piety.ā€