Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 18

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Sīlavagga

Ethics

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8. Matakabhattajātaka

The Feast for the Dead: a past life story

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“Evañce sattā jāneyyuṁ,

If beings only knew

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dukkhāyaṁ jātisambhavo;

how this suffering is created by birth,

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Na pāṇo pāṇinaṁ haññe,

no creature would kill another,

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pāṇaghātī hi socatī”ti.

for the slayer of creatures grieves.

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Matakabhattajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.