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    This Buddhist text contains the advice given by the Buddha to a wealthy householder named Sigala about how to look after one's servants. The Buddhist text referred to in the above passage is: 

    Vinaya Pitaka 

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    Sutta Pitaka 

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    Abhidhamma Pitaka 

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     Madhyamika

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    Explanation:
    • Buddha’s teachings and discourses were included in the Sutta Pitaka. In it there is mention of the advice given by the Buddha to a wealthy householder named Sigala on how a master look after his servants and employees i.e. by assigning them to work according to their strength, by supplying them with food and wages, by tending them in sickness; by sharing delicacies with them and by granting leave at times. It also contains:
    • The five ways should the clansmen look after the needs of samanas (those who have renounced the world) and Brahmanas
    • There are similar instructions to Sigala about how to behave with his parents, teacher andwife

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