“Please accept the eight-hooved ass, the deer more wily than the wily.” “He has skipped the appointment seven times—I’ll make no attempt to instruct him.”
Stories of Past Lives 16 The Book of the Ones Ethics The Triply Collapsed Deer: a past life story
“About that deer—triply collapsed with many illusions, eight-hooved, a midnight drinker—he’s breathing on the ground through one nostril! Excelling with these six tricks, he deserves a chance.”
Stories of Past Lives 17 The Book of the Ones Ethics Gales: a past life story
Whether the moon is waning or waxing, it is cool when the gale blows. Since the wind brings the cool, both are undefeated in this instance.
Stories of Past Lives 18 The Book of the Ones Ethics The Feast for the Dead: a past life story
If beings only knew how this suffering is created by birth, no creature would kill another, for the slayer of creatures grieves.
Stories of Past Lives 19 The Book of the Ones Ethics The Vowed Feast: a past life story