![]() ![]() The young girl reminded her of the bowl and being unable to escape her plead- ing she brought the bowl and gave it to the trader and asked him for a trinket in exchange. "We are poor, what can we give him for the trinket?" The greedy merchant at that time was going through this street advertising his wares the young girl saw this merchant and appealed to the grandmother to buy a trinket for her. They did not know that it was a golden bowl. There was in their house among other pots, a golden bowl which the great merchant had used to have his meals and being unused it was cov- ered with soot. All the younger brothers, the children and the wealth were lost survived by one granddaughter with her grandmother. At that time a rich family of nobility had become very poor. Both of them apportioned the streets of the city amongst them and were selling their goods. One time, He reached the city of Andhapura, where was situated beyond the river Neelavahini, accompanied by another greedy trader called Seri, for business. Once upon a time, 500 years ago, the Bodhisattva was born in a family of trading cast and was famous named Kacchaputa, a dealer in pots and pans, in his age. According to the Buddha, it was as follow. Then the other Bhikkhus who were attended, made a request to unveil the story of Seri which was concealed by the darkness of Samsara. The Bhikkhu was brought to the presence to the Buddha and asked 'Why, bawath mahana, what is the reason to lose perseverance as an observer of the precepts and a part of the Ariya Maha Savaka Sangha? Do you wish to get rid of Dukkha by means of any way rather than following the ariya ata maga? You know, a trader named Seri lost a Golden Bowl worth hundred thousand Kahawanu and his own life because he lost his perseverance. revealing one of his previous lives as Bodhisattva (a being whose essence is enlightenment) taking the point of ethics of tittle-tattle, related to a non-persevering Bhikku. The Tathāgata ( The Blessed One preached this Seri Vanija Jathaka when he was in the Jethawanarama of Savatthi. This Seri jataka has included as the third story in the first volume of the Jataka Tales Compendium Some Jataka tales are scattered in different parts of the Pali: Pali canon of Buddhist writings, including a group of 35 that were collected for didactic purposes. ![]() A Jataka ( Pali: ජාතක - means Birth) is any of the stories of former lives of the Buddha, which are preserved in Buddhism. Seri-Vanija Jathaka is one of the five hundred and fifty jatakas of the Buddha. Please introduce links to this page from related articles try the Find link tool for suggestions. This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. ![]()
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