ເລື່ອງ ພະປິໂລຕິກະຕິດສະເຖລະ. ໃນວັນໜຶ່ງ ພະອານົນທະເຖລະ ໄປພົບເດັກນ້ອຍຄົນໜຶ່ງນຸ່ງຜ້າເກົ່າ ຈັບກະເບື້ອງທ່ຽວຂໍທານຢູ່ ກໍ່ເກີດຄວາມເວທະນາສົງສົງ ຈຶ່ງຊັກຊວນໃຫ້ມາບວດເປັນສາມະເນນ ແຕ່ກ່ອນຈະບວດໃຫ້ເປັນສາມະເນນ ພະອານົນທະເຖລະໄດ້ນໍາເອົາຜ້ານຸ່ງເກົ່າແລະກະເບື້ອງຂໍທານເກົ່າໄປຫ້ອຍໄວ້ທີ່ກິ່ງໄມ້ຕົນໜຶ່ງ. ຕໍ່ມາ ສາມະເນນນັ້ນ ໄດ້ອຸປະສົມບົດເປັນພິກຂຸ ມີຊື່ວ່າ ພະປິໂລຕິກະຕິດສະ ທ່ານໄດ້ສັນອາຫານທີ່ອຸດົມສົມບູນພາຍໃນວັດ ຈົນຮ່າງກາຍນັ້ນອ້ວນແຂງແຮງ ແລະມີຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກທາງເພດຂຶ້ນມາ ທ່ານກໍ່ຄິດຢາກຈະລາສິກຂາ. ທ່ານຈຶ່ງໄປທີ່ຕົ້ນໄມ້ນັ້ນ ແລ້ວເອົາມືລູບຄໍາຜ້ານຸ່ງເກົ່າ ໂດຍທໍາຜ້າຜື່ນນັ້ນໃຫ້ເປັນອາລົມກໍາມັດຖານ ແລະໃຫ້ໂອວາດແກ່ຕົນເອງວ່າ “ເຈົ້າຜູ້ບໍ່ມີຫິຣິ ໝົດຢາງອາຍ ເຈົ້າຍັງປາດຖະໜາທີ່ຈະລະຖິ້ມຜ້າທີ່ນຸ່ງຫົ່ມດີໆ ກັບໄປນຸ່ງຜ້າຜືນເກົ່ານີ້ ມືຈັບກະເບື້ອງທ່ຽວຂໍທານອີກບໍ່ ເມື່ອທ່ານໃຫ້ໂອວາດແກ່ຕົນເອງ ຈິດໃຈກໍ່ຜ່ອງໃສ ທ່ານຈຶ່ງພິຈາລະນາຢ່າງນີ້ເນື່ອງໆ ຈົນໄດ້ບັນລຸເປັນພະອໍລະຫັນ.
The story of Venerable Pilotikatissa. Once, Venerable Ananda saw a boy dressed in old clothes, holding a begging plage for food; he felt pity for the boy and persuaded the boy to be ordained as a novice. Before being ordained as a novice, the Venerable hung the old clothes and old begging plate of the boy on the fork of a tree. When the novice became a monk he was known as Pilotikatissa. As a monk, he did not have to worry about food and clothing as he was in affluent circumstances. Yet, sometimes he did not feel happy in his life as a monk and thought of going back to the life of a lay man. Whenever he had this feeling, he would go back to that tree where his old clothes and his plate hanging and put his hand on his old cloth. There, he would put this question to himself, "Oh shameless one! Do you want to leave the place where you are fed well and dressed well? Do you still want to put on these shabby clothes and go begging again with this old plate in your hand?" He talked to himself like this, his mind became pure. Therefore, he often considered like this until he attained arahatship.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 26 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.5 cm, width 54 cm, depth 1 cm.
Condition of original material: Good.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Cabinet No.2.
