Monks and Acharyas
Munisuvrat and Greed
मुनि सुव्रत और लोभ · મુનિ સુવ્રત અને લોભ
A young monk, a sweet he could not stop thinking about, and a kind question at midnight
- 4 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- For all ages
- Shvetambar telling
A young monk named Suvrat sees sweets being handed out in the city and cannot get them out of his mind. He wanders from door to door long past sunset, until a thoughtful shravak finds a gentle way to wake him up.
What it teaches Craving Self-awareness Wise Kindness
The opening of the children's telling
Long ago in the city of Champapur lived a young monk named Suvrat. One morning he went out with his bowl to collect food. He walked slowly and carefully, looking at the ground so he would not step on any tiny creature.
On the way, he saw people giving out yummy golden sweets called laddus. Suvrat thought, I want one of those!
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To carry into the day
When a small craving pulls us along, a pause and a look at the stars can bring us home.
To talk about together
The shravak helped the monk with a kind question instead of a scolding. When might a kind question help a friend?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.