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Jātakas (verses) · Ja 15

  • Stories of Past Lives 15Jātaka
  • The Book of the OnesEkakanipāta
  • EthicsSīlavagga

Accept the Ass: a past life story5. Kharādiyajātaka

“Please accept the eight-hooved ass,“Aṭṭhakkhuraṁ kharādiye, the deer more wily than the wily.”migaṁ vaṅkātivaṅkinaṁ; “He has skipped the appointment seven times—Sattahi kālātikkantaṁ, I’ll make no attempt to instruct him.”na naṁ ovaditussahe”ti.

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