The Feast for the Dead: a past life story8. Matakabhattajātaka
If beings only knew“Evañce sattā jāneyyuṁ,how this suffering is created by birth,dukkhāyaṁ jātisambhavo;no creature would kill another,Na pāṇo pāṇinaṁ haññe,for the slayer of creatures grieves.pāṇaghātī hi socatī”ti.
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