Sunday, July 20, 2008

Lessons from Khujjuttara


The story of Khujjuttara is very interesting. Buddha uses Khujjuttara as a model of good and bad. Khujjuttara accumulated merits from her good deeds such as offering her bangles as alms bowl holders and serving the Pacceka Buddhas with good intention. However, Khujjutara suffered from her bad deeds such as animating the humpback Pacceka Buddha and ordering an Arahant to work for her. This story can be read from the book Dhamma Padetha (Purposeful Dhamma) by Sayadaw U Kundala (www.inwardpath.org)