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Cp 27 The Monkey King’s Conduct

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Cp 27 - The Monkey King’s Conduct
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
Source: https://suttacentral.net/cp27/en/sujato
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The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood
The Chapter With Yudhañjaya
The Perfection of Truth (1st)
The Monkey King’s Conduct
“When I was a monkey
in a cleft on the riverbank,
harassed by a crocodile
I could not get across.
Where I used to land
when jumping from the near shore to the far,
there crouched my deadly foe,
the baleful gharial.
Reassuring me, he said ‘Come!’
‘I am coming,’ I said to him.
Stepping on his head
I made it to the far bank.
I spoke no lie to him,
but acted according to my word.
There is no one to equal my truthfulness:
this is my perfection of truth.”