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Lesson 3.6.4 Kumārakasuttaṃ – Result of Ignorance
The Kumārakasutta, taken from the Udānapāḷi, describes a short incident from the Buddha’s life. While on his alms round in Sāvatthi, the Buddha teaches some young, playful, ignorant (bāla) boys about the results of catching and killing small fish to cook and eat. The Udānapāḷi is known for this kind of joyful exclamation, or udāna, with the most famous one being uttered by the Buddha under the Bodhi tree immediately after his enlightenment: Yadā have pātubhavanti dhammā, ātāpino jhāyato brāhmaṇassa (When the truth becomes manifest to one of pure life, meditating ardently).