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of these words, i.e. whether kavi is used for only versifiers or any
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large portions of the Pli canon. They are presented in the form
of conversations, elucidating doctrinal points or recollection of
personal memories. The Kaths, as in the Jtaka, Buddhavamsa,
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purposes that might have been involved in this practice. The poetry
that the Brahmins practised at that time were certainly the Vedas
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he went to see the Buddha, who gave him the skull of an arahant
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the mind of another king. Since the purpose of the king was to
succeed in a political trick, and since the king is presented not as
virtuous one in the whole story, the importance and emphasis of
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and were unable to see any other truth beyond this poetic exercise
would not be appreciated by Buddhists. The Buddha emphatically
admonishes Bhikkhus to aspire for understanding higher realities.
"There are, monks, other matters, profound, hard to see, hard to
understand, peaceful, excellent, beyond mere thought, subtle, to
be experienced by the wise, which the Tathgata, having realized
them by his own super-knowledge, proclaims, and about which
those who would truthfully praise the Tathgata would rightly
speak."36
Communicational Ethics and Thematic Choice
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another factor dhamma - truth, law etc. in the same list. In the
sutta, it is recorded that Venerable Vaglsa was overwhelmed by
this discourse, and produced his own metrical version of it at that
very moment. Certainly, he considered these features as guiding
principles while composing his poems of which there is a good
collection recorded in Theragtha and Samyutta Nikya.38
on the two kings - King Bimbisra and King Pasenadi Kosala as to who was superior to the other in wealth, property, treasures,
territory, vehicles, military power, nobility, and munificence.
The debate continued until the Buddha came to the hall in the
evening and inquired what they had been talking about. Being
replied accordingly, the Buddha admonished that young men of
good families, ordained as they were, must not engage in such
talks. In brief, the Buddha instructed that when monks gather at a
place, they should engage in talks on dhamma or maintain noble
silence. In a verse that immediately follows this discussion, the
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Sagharakkhita.
Conclusion
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p.230
12 A. K. Warder, Indian Kvya Literature, Vol. 2, pp. 23.
13 Morris, Rev. Richard (1885), ed. Aguttaranikya, I, PTS, London,
p.21.
14 Ireland, John D. ( 1997), VahgTsa an Early Buddhist Poet, The Wheel
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p.84)
27 kveyyanti "cattro, bhikkhave, kavi. Katamo cattro? Cintkavi,
Sutakavi, atthakavi, patibhnakavti (AN IV.231). Imesam catunnam
kavnam attano cintvasena va: "vessantaro nma ahosF'ti-dini
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21)
34 Fausball, V. (ed.) The Jtaka together with its Commentaries Being
Tales of the Anterior Births of Gotama Buddha, Volume VI, PTS,
London, 1964, pp.329-478. The particular episode is found in p.410.
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41 PTS edition p. 10
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p.213).
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