Miscellaneous Topics – 2314
In particular, his ability to assert by means of his wisdom that there was a snake
in the leather bag without seeing it with his own eyes when he was the wise
Senaka in the Birth Story about the Sack of Flour (
Sattu-bhasta-jātaka
, Ja 402),
was the highest perfection of wisdom (
paramattha-paññā-pāramī
).
With regard to the perfection of energy (
viriya-pāramī
), the existences in which
he fulfilled the perfection of energy were countless. In particular, his effort
putting forth energy swimming in the great ocean as Prince Mahā Janaka of the
Birth Story about King Mahā Janaka (
Mahā-janaka-jātaka
, Ja 539) was the
highest perfection of energy (
paramattha-viriya-pāramī
).
In the Birth Story about Khantivādī (
Khantivādi-jātaka
, Ja 313), as Khantivādī
the ascetic, his forbearance without anger at the chopping off of his limbs, big
and small, by King Kalābu was the highest perfection of forbearance
(
paramattha-khanti-pāramī
).
In the Birth Story about Mahā Sutasoma (
Mahā-sutasoma-jātaka
, Ja 537), as
King Sutasoma, his keeping of his promise and being true to his word given to
the cannibal Porisāda, by returning to him, and potentially sacrificing his life,
was the highest perfection of truthfulness (
paramattha-sacca-pāramī
).
In the Birth Story about the Wise Mūgapakkha (
Mūga-pakkha-jātaka
, Ja 538), as
Prince Temiya, his maintenance of resolve to keep silent at the sacrifice of his
life, when he was subjected to tests of endurance, sometimes mildly, and at other
times severely, for sixteen long years was the highest perfection of resolution
(
paramattha-adhiṭṭhāna-pāramī
).
In the Birth Story about the King Ekarājā (
Eka-rāja-jātaka
, Ja 303), or in the
Birth Story about the Wise Suvaṇṇasāma (
Suvaṇṇasāma-jātaka
, Ja 540), his
goodwill directed towards the malicious king as well as towards lions, tigers and
other beasts was the highest perfection of loving-kindness (
paramattha-mettā-
pāramī
).
In the the Birth Story about the Bristling Hair (
Loma-haṁsa-jātaka
, Ja 94), his
being equally indifferent to all treatment such as being spat on by village
children with mucus, phlegm and saliva, or the honour done to him with flowers,
scents, etc. by village elders was the highest perfection of equanimity
(
paramattha-upekkhā-pāramī
).