Having resolved the three factors, I lived for sixteen years. There is no one to equal my resolve: this is my perfection of resolve.”
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.”
The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood The Chapter With Yudhañjaya The Perfection of Truth (2nd) The Ascetic Truthful’s Conduct
“Then again when I was an ascetic known as Truthful, I protected the world with my truth, uniting the people.”
The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood The Chapter With Yudhañjaya The Perfection of Truth (3rd) The Baby Quail’s Conduct