THE BIRTH SUTRA. (The Story of the Buddha's predecessor) Jàtaka 41. THE STORY OF THE LAOSKA (The Forerunner of Losaka) For those who want to benefit themselves..., This story, while in the United States, the Master told about the Elder Losaka. Who is Elder Losaka? A man from Kosala, son of a fisherman, a disaster for the family. When he was a bhikkhu, he never received anything. From his previous birth and death, he was reborn in the womb of a fisherman's wife, in a fishing village of a thousand families in Kosala. On the day he was reincarnated, those thousand families, with nets in their hand, went fishing in rivers and lakes, not catching a single small fish. From that day on, the fisherman suffered harm. When he was still in the womb, their village was burned seven times by fire and was punished by the king seven times. Thus, gradually they fell into poverty. They think, “In the past, we are not like that. Now we have a lot of damage. Between us there must be someone with a black number. Let's divide into two groups of five hundred families each. And which group has someone with a black number, that group suffers two losses, the other group gains. And so they divided the group in two, in two, in two. Thus, they divided until there was only one family left, and when they found the black number in that family, they immediately kicked it out. The mother has to find a way to live, with a pregnant belly; When the pregnancy came to an end, she gave birth to a son. That baby was born in the last life, therefore cannot be killed. Like a lamp in a boat, the conditions for the city of Arahantship burn red in its heart. The mother nurtured him, trained him to run, run around, and when he was able to walk, she put a bowl of begging in his hand, told him to go into another house, and then she ran away. From that, the child lives alone, finds food in one place, sleeps in another, does not bathe, does not take care of his body, tries to live as hard as a mud-eating demon. He gradually grew to be seven years old, picking up each piece of rice and eating it like a crow, at one door there was food left over from washed rice cookers. One day, Dharma General Sāriputta, who was begging for alms at Sāvatthi, saw the child, pondered which village this poor child was in, developed compassion for it and called: - come here! The child came to pay homage to the Elder and stopped. The elder asked: - What village do you live in? Where are the parents? - Venerable sir, I live without support. Parents, because of their children, live too tired to abandon their children and run away! – Do you want to leave home? - Venerable, I want to leave home. But who will give ordination to a wretch like me? - I will pass the ordination to you. - Fortunately, Venerable, please transmit the ordination to me. The Elder gave it hard and soft food, led it to the monastery, washed it by hand, or ordained it as a novice, and when it was full, gave it great precepts. When it matures, it is called the Elder Losakatissa. Elder Losakatissa had little merit, so he received few offerings. Legend has it that, despite the incomparable great almsgiving ceremony, the Elder's stomach was not full, but only ate just enough to sustain his life. A spoonful of porridge poured into the Elder's bowl seemed to overflow, so the porridge was given to the latter. When porridge is poured into the Elder's bowl, it is said that the porridge in the worshiper's plate disappears. The same goes for other hard foods. Elder after a while, meditation is increased, the attainment of the ultimate Arahantship, but still receive little offerings. Elder life gradually diminished, and the day of Nirvana has come. The Chief Justice of the Dharma turned his mind to, knowing the day the elder attained Nirvana without any residue, thought to himself: "The elder Losakatissa will enter Nirvana today. I would advise people to offer the Elder the food they want.” The venerable Sāriputta took the Elder into the city of Sāvatthi for alms. Venerable Sariputra and Losakatissa, although they extended their hands to many people at Sāvatthi, did not receive even a bowl of porridge, Venerable Sāriputta told Losakatissa to go ahead, sit in the meeting room, and keep it. The food received is brought back to Losakatissa. Those who were delivered food by Sariputra forgot to give it to Losakatissa and ate it themselves. When the Elder Sāriputta got up and went to the monastery, Losakatissa went to pay his respects, the Elder stopped, turned and asked: - Hey, sage, did you get food? - Dear Venerable, We will receive it on time. Elder Sariputra looked at the time in horror. Time is over. Elder said: - Hey sage, sit here. The elder asked Losakatissa to sit down in the meeting room, and then went to the Kosala residence. The king let him take the Elder's bowl, filled the bowl with four kinds of cakes and said: - This is food out of time. The elder took the bowl, went back and said: - Friend Tissa, eat these four kinds of cakes. Having finished speaking, the venerable one took the bowl and waited. But Losakatissa was ashamed of her respect for Venerable Sāriputta, so she did not dare to eat. Elder Sariputra said to Losakatissa: - Hey, sage, come. I stood holding this bowl, while the sage sat and ate. If my hand leaves this bowl, there is nothing left. Then while the Supreme Commander of the Dharma stood holding a bowl, the venerable Losakatissa ate four kinds of cakes. Due to the divine power of the Venerable Sāriputta, the bread did not disappear. At that time, the Elder Losakatissa was able to eat as he wanted, full and full. That day, the Elder Losakatissa attained Nirvana without a spare robe. The Fully Enlightened One stood to one side and witnessed the body being cremated. The relics were collected and the stupa was erected on it. At that time, the Bhikkhu-stilts sitting at the meeting in the Dharma hall said: - Hey, sages, Losakatissa has little merit and little donation. Because of so little merit, so little offerings, how can one obtain the Holy Dharma? The Master came to the Dharma hall and asked: - The Male-stilts, you are now sitting here in a meeting, discussing what story? The Bhikkhu-stilts reported this story to the Blessed One. The Master said: - Monks, that bhikkhu is due to his karma, so he cannot make offerings and at the same time realizes the Holy Dharma. That position in the past due to obstructing other people's offerings should not be offered; But by focusing on meditating on impermanence and non-self, he obtained the fruit of the Holy Spirit and attained the victory of the Dharma. Having said this, the Master told the story of the past. * At that time, during the time of Chief Enlightenment Cadette, there was a Male-stilts living in a small village, being protected by a landowner. That bhikkhu has an outspoken, innocent disposition, keeps the precepts, and specializes in the practice of meditation. There is also an elder Arahant who has eradicated all contrabands and lives on an equal footing with his fellow Brahmins. This one had never been to the village where the landowner had supported that bhikkhu before, and now he has come for the first time. The landowner was delighted with the Elder's gesture, took the bowl, invited him into the house, and respectfully invited him to eat. Then he listened to a short sermon, paid homage to the Elder and said: - Venerable Sir, please go to our nearby monastery. We will come to see you in the afternoon. The elder went to the monastery, paid homage to the abbot, and, after asking permission, sat down to one side. The abbot cordially asked the Elder: - Dear sage, have you received food yet? – Yes, okay. - Okay where? - At the landlord's house in the Venerable's village recently. Having said this, the elder asked his seat, prepared to put his robes and bowls away, and sat down to enjoy the bliss of heaven and bliss of fruit. In the afternoon, that landowner brought incense, wreaths, lamps and oil to the monastery, bowed down to the abbot and asked: - Venerable Sir, has the guest elder arrived yet? After knowing that he had arrived, the landowner went to the guest elder, bowed down, sat down to one side, and listened to the sermon. In the cool afternoon, the landowner bowed down to the Buddha's hall, the Bodhi tree, lit a lamp, invited the two to his house, and then left. The elder abbot thought, "This temple master has been distracted. If this bhikkhu dwelt here, that landowner would no longer care about me at all.” The abbot, with an unhappy mind, thought: "What should I do so that he can't stay in this monastery?" When it was time to visit, when the visiting Elder arrived, the abbot said nothing. The visiting elder, who had cut off all taints, knew the intention of the abbot elder, and thought to himself: "This elder doesn't know that I will never interfere with his family, make offerings to him or his people." , immediately went back to his abode, enjoying the bliss of Zen and the bliss of fruition. The abbot, the next day, lightly knocked the bell in the guest's room, then tapped the door with his fingernail and went to the landlord's house. The landowner took the bowl, invited him to sit on the prepared seat and asked: - Where is the guest elder? - I don't know your friend's news. I knocked on the doorbell, but could not wake him up. I'm sure he was able to digest it last night, after eating the epigastrium at your house, so he's still sleeping. Most likely, he was delighted with such events. Meanwhile, the Elder, having eradicated the gonorrhea, or thinking that his time for alms-walking had come, prepared himself properly, took his robes and bowls, flew up into the air, and went to another place. The landowner offered the abbot rice and milk with fresh butter, honey, and sugar. Then he asked to clean the bowl with fragrant powder, filled the bowl with food again and said: - Venerable, the elder is tired from the road, please bring this food for him. Then give the bowl to the abbot. The monk could not refuse, took the bowl away and thought: "If that bhikkhu drinks this milky rice, If anyone grabs his neck and chases him away, he won't go either. But if we give this milk to others, what we do will be exposed. If we pour it into the water, the fresh butter will float to the surface and be exposed. If I cast it on the ground, the ravens will gather together and be seen. Now, where do we throw this dish?” While pondering this, he saw a field that had just been burned. That monk picked up the red coals, threw his food there, covered it with red coals, and went back to the monastery. Not seeing the guest monk anywhere, the abbot thought: "Surely that bhikkhu has ended the taints, knows my intentions, and has gone elsewhere. Oh, for the sake of my stomach, I did an inappropriate thing." Thus, sorrow and sorrow arose, and from there the bhikkhu dwelt like a ghost on earth, soon passed away, reborn in hell. For hundreds of thousands of years, it was cooked in hell. Due to ripening of evil karma, he was born for five hundred years continuously as a yaksha demon, not being able to eat a full stomach, even for one day. Except for one day, it was filled with the unclean food of the fetus. Then in five hundred lifetimes, he was born as a dog. At that time, there was only one day when it was full of food with rice being vomited up. The rest of the time, it never gets full. From the dead dog's womb, it was born into a poor family, in a village in Kàsi. From the moment he was born, the family became extremely poor. It never gets half a bowl of sour soup to its stomach. It was named Mittavindaka. Its parents could not suffer from hunger, chased it away. - Let's go, that unfortunate black number. Without shelter, it wandered and arrived at Benares. At that time, the Bodhisatta was born as a famous teacher in the four directions and was teaching the profession to five hundred brahmin youths. Then, People in bala-complaint often give money to the poor and give them vocational training. Mittavindaka learned the profession without money with the Bodhisattva. But its cruel nature is difficult to teach, often fighting and wandering. Even though he was advised by the Bodhisattva, he still did not listen. Because of it, the bodhisattva's teaching money becomes meager. He quarreled with other young people, did not listen to advice, eventually escaped and wandered here and there, went to a border village and worked as a hired hand. There he married a poor woman and had two children. The people in the village hired it to teach them what is good and what is evil, and gave it a hut to live at the village entrance. Since Mittavindaka came to live here, the people of that border village were punished seven times by the king, their houses burned seven times, and the cistern was dried up seven times. They thought, “Before Mittavindaka came here, we weren't like that. Since it came, we have been harmed.” So they chased it away. He took his wife and children away, to another place, into a forest inhabited by inhumans. There, the non-humans killed and ate his wife and children. He fled from there, wandered here and there, to a pier called Gambhira, and on the very day a new ship was launched, he became a servant on board. When the ship sailed on the sea for seven days, on the seventh day, the ship stood still as if aground. Who they draw is the unlucky number. Seven times the card falls on Mittavindaka. They gave him a bamboo raft, shook him by the hand, and threw him into the sea, and the ship left again. Mittavindaka climbed onto the bamboo raft, and floated on the sea. Due to the fact that it had kept the precepts during the time of the fully Enlightened Kassapa Buddha, on the sea surface, it met four fairies in a crystal castle. With them, it lived for seven days of happiness. At that time, The demons in that castle enjoyed seven days of happiness. After seven days, they must go to suffer. When they left, they told him to wait here until they returned. With them gone, Mittavindaka climbed up the bamboo raft again, went elsewhere, and met eight fairies in the jade castle. From there, he went on, and met thirty-two fairies in sixteen golden castles. Without saying anything to them, it left again, and found a yaksha city in the middle of the island. There, there was a female yakkha who lived in the form of a goat. Mittavindaka did not know it was a female yaksha, grabbing the goat's leg to eat it. That female yakkha, with her power, lifted it up and threw it away. It was thrown across the sea, fell into a thornbush, in a dry moat, rolled and got up. At that time, at that moat, thieves often came to kill the king's goats. The goat herders hid to catch thieves. Mittavindaka, having rolled over, got up on the ground, and seeing the goats, thought, "I caught the goat's feet on an island in the sea, and it threw it here. If I shake hands with a goat again, it will throw me to the fairies in the castle on the sea, on the other side." When he had such an unrighteous intention, he immediately grabbed a goat by the leg, and immediately the caught goat cried out. The goat herders ran up from many hiding places, caught him, and said: - This is the thief who has taken the king's goats so far. They beat him, tied him up, and brought him before the king. At that time, the Bodhisatta, surrounded by five hundred Brahmin youths, left the city to take a bath. Seeing Mittavindaka, receiving it, the Bodhisatta said to them: - Hey, dear friends, this is my disciple. Why catch it? They said: - Venerable, this is a goat thief, it caught a goat's foot, so we caught it. – Give it to us as slaves. It will rely on us to live. - Yes, venerable sir. Then they released it and left. The bodhisattva asked him: - Mittavindaka, where have you lived so far? It tells all the work it does. The Bodhisatta said: - Because he did not listen to those who wanted him to be happy, he had to suffer all these misfortunes. Then the Bodhisatta recited this verse: To those who want to be good, To those who love and think of themselves, stubbornly disobedient, Will meet with sorrow. Like Mitaka Grasping the leg of the goat. At that time, when both the professor and Mittavindaka died, they followed their karma. * The Master said: - This Male-stilts-stilts Losaka himself has made for himself a few offerings and at the same time the Holy Dharma. After speaking this Dharma talk, the Master combined the two stories and identified the Predecessor as follows: – At that time, Mittavindaka is the Elder Losakatissa, the teacher known in the four directions as I. -ooOoo- 42. STORY OF THE POW (Kopata's predecessor) For those who want to benefit themselves..., This story when in Ky Vien, the Master told about a Male-stilts with greed. his greed will be told in chapter six, Kaka Predecessor (No. 395). At that time, the Male-stilts informed the Master: - World-Honored One, this Male-stilts has greed. The Master asked: - Is it true, Male-stilts? - White World-Honored One, it's real. The Master said: - In the past, this Male-stilts, he also had greed. Because of greed, he lost his life, and the nobles also because he lost their abode. Having said this, the master told the story of the past. * Once upon a time, when King Brahmadatta (Pham Tho) reigned in Ba-la-complaint, the Bodhisatta was born as a dove. At that time, the people of Benares loved to do meritorious deeds, often hang straws here and there so that the birds have a safe and convenient hiding place. The chef of the multi-millionaire Ba-la-complaint also hangs a straw in the kitchen. The Bodhisatta lived there, flying in the morning to find food and returning in the evening. One day, a crow flew over the kitchen roof, smelling the aroma of salted fish, fresh fish, sour meat, fresh meat, at that place, it aroused greed, thinking to itself: "I must find a way to eat fish. this meat". Thinking so, he parked not far away, looked around, saw that in the afternoon the Bodhisatta flew back and went into the kitchen, thinking that thanks to this dove he would be able to eat fish and meat. The next day, in the morning, it took off. When the Bodhisatta flew out to find food, it followed him everywhere like a shadow. The Bodhisatta said to it: - Hey, why are you following me? “Sir, your gesture is pleasing to me. From now on, I will serve you. - Hey you, Your food is different, my food is different. You who serve me also have difficulty. “Sir, when you are looking for food, I am also looking for food and I will follow you. – Okay, but you have to be very diligent. Thus, the Bodhisatta advised the crow to find food, grass seeds, and seeds. While the Bodhisattva was looking for food, the crow also went, turned over the pieces of chalk, ate all kinds of worms, filled his stomach, then went to the Bodhisattva and said: - Sir, you spend too much time for finding food is not good. When the Bodhisatta finished looking for food, he flew back in the evening, and the crow also flew into the kitchen. The cook said, “Our pigeon has brought back another bird. He then hung another straw nest for the crow. Since then, two doves and crows have lived together. One day, people brought a lot of fish and meat to the millionaire. The cook took the fish and meat and hung it here and there in the kitchen. When the crow saw this, greed arose: “I will not go looking for food tomorrow; I must eat this!” At night, it lay down to sleep, sleeping and moaning. The next day, the Bodhisatta went looking for bait and said: - Go, crow! “Sir, you must go alone. I have stomachache! "My friend, never before have crows had a stomachache. At night, for three or four watches, the crows lose consciousness for every watch, but when they swallow the wick, they are instantly satisfied. Maybe you want to eat meat and fish. Come on, your food is not for you. Don't do that, come and eat with me. - Sir, I cannot go. - Your actions will be obvious, don't let greed dominate, don't be distracted. After advising it, the Bodhisatta went to find food. The chef tries to make a variety of meat and fish dishes. When opening the pan lids to let the heat escape, The cook put a strainer on the pan and went outside to wipe his sweat. Meanwhile, the crow poked his head out of the haystack, looked at the kitchen, knew the cook was gone, and thought to himself: "Now I will be satisfied with my ambitions, will eat meat. But should we eat the big piece of meat or the small piece of meat? With a small piece of meat, it is difficult to get a full stomach quickly. So let's quickly bring a big piece of meat, put it in a haystack, and eat it! The crow flew out of the nest and landed on the strainer. The filter makes a "kil li" sound. The cook heard the noise, didn't know what, went in, saw the crow, immediately said: - This is a small crow! You want to eat meat cooked for my millionaire. I live and work for the millionaire owner, not for a fool like you. What do you have to do with me? He closed the door, caught the crow, plucked out the feathers, and crushed the ginger root with salt and fennel mixed with yogurt juice, Apply it all over the crow's body, then throw the raven into the haystack. The crow suffers and groans. Bodhisattva, coming back in the afternoon, seeing a crow in such distress, he said: - Oh greedy crow, because you didn't follow my words, because of your greed, you suffered great pain. Then the Bodhisattva recites this verse: To those who want to benefit themselves, To those who love to think of themselves Having advice, But not following it, Like a greedy crow Not following the advice of a dove, It is fall like falling into enemy hands. When the Bodhisatta finished speaking, he thought to himself, "Now I can't stay in this place anymore," and went to another place. And the crow died at that moment. The cook picked it up from the haystack and threw it in the trash. * The Teacher said: - This Male-stilts not now he was greedy, before he was also greedy, due to his greed, the wise have lost their place of residence. After giving the Dharma talk, the Master preaches the truths. At the end of the lecture, that bhikkhu attained the fruit of the One-returner. The Master combined the two stories together, and identified the Predecessor as follows: - At that time, the crow was a greedy Male-stilt, and the dove was me. -ooOoo- 43. STORY of the Bamboo Snake (Veluka's predecessor) For those who want to benefit themselves..., This story, while in Ky Vien, the Master told about a difficult-to-tell Male-stilts. The World-Honored One asked: - Male-stilts, is it true that you are a difficult person to tell. - White World Honored One, it is true that the Master said: - O Male-stilts, it is not only now that you are difficult to tell. In the past, he was also difficult to tell. Because his nature is difficult to tell, he did not listen to the wise, he died because of the snake's mouth. Having said this, the Master told the story of the past. * Once upon a time, when King Brahmadatta reigned in Ba-la-complaint, the Bodhisatta was born into a wealthy family in the country of Kàsi. When growing up, seeing the danger of lust, Seeing the benefit of being separated from it, the Bodhisattva gave up sensual pleasures, entered the Snow Mountain, left home as a hermit, prepared well for the subject of meditation, attained the five Supreme Wisdoms, and the eight Zen attainments, and lived a life of enjoyment. peaceful life. After a while, the Bodhisatta had a large assembly, surrounded by five hundred ascetic hermits. He lived as the Teacher of the assembly. Then a young viper, according to its own nature, went to the hermitage of an ascetic. The ascetic began to love the snake like his own child, let it lie in a bamboo tube, and nurtured it. Because it is located in a bamboo tube, it is called Veluka (Bamboo Snake). Because the ascetic nurtures the snake with love like his own son, he is called "Veluka's Father". At that time, the Bodhisattva heard that an ascetic raised a poisonous snake, so he called him up and asked: - Is it true that you have raised a poisonous snake? When known to be real, The Bodhisatta said: - Do not believe in poisonous snakes. Don't raise it like that. The ascetic said: - That snake is to me like a disciple is to a teacher. Without it, I cannot live. – Then you will die for living near this poisonous snake. The ascetic did not listen to the bodhisattva and refused to give up the poisonous snake. Many days later, all the ascetics went to pick fruit, came to a place where there was a lot of fruit, and stayed there for two or three days. Before that, the father of the bamboo snake also went with them, put the poisonous snake in the bamboo tube, closed the door and left. After two or three days, he returned with the ascetic, intending to feed Veluka, he opened the bamboo tube, raised his hand and said: - Come here, son. I must be very hungry. The venomous snake was angry because there was no food for two or three days, immediately pecked the ascetic's hand, causing him to die on the spot, then the snake left in the forest. The ascetics saw this and said to the Bodhisattva. He said to cremate the dead. Then, sitting among the hermits, he uttered this verse: To those who want to benefit themselves, To those who think of themselves, If stubbornly disobeying advice, Will be harmed to death, Like Father Veluka . Thus, the bodhisattva advises them as hermits. Then he developed loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity, and at the end of his life, he was reborn in the Brahma heaven. * Degree Master said: - This Male-stilts, not only now he is difficult to tell. Previously, due to difficulty speaking, he went to destruction because of the mouth of a poisonous snake. After giving the Dharma talk, the Master combined the two stories, and identified the Predecessor as follows: - At that time, Veluka's father was a difficult-to-be-revealed monk, the remaining assembly was the Buddha's assembly, and the Taoist one. The monk with the congregation is Ta. -ooOoo- 44. THE STORY OF THE MOTHER (Makasa forerunner) Better than an enemy…, This story, while walking in the land of Makasa, The Master told about stupid people in a village. According to legend, at one time the Tathagata traveled from Sāvata to the land of Mahāyāna. There he walked to a village. The people in that village are mostly stupid people. One day, the fools gathered and said: - Hey guys, when we go to the forest to work, the mosquitoes bite us, because of that, our work is hindered. Let's all go, take bows and weapons, make war on the mosquitoes, shoot them all. Thinking so, they went into the forest with the intention of shooting the mosquitoes, but they shot each other, beat each other, hurt each other, and then went home, lying down at the village gate, in the middle of the village and at the end of the village. The Master, surrounded by a group of bhikkhus, entered the village for alms. The sages in the village, seeing the Blessed One, set up a pavilion at the village gate, organized an offering of Sanskrit for the Order of Male-stilts, headed by the Buddha. They bowed down to the Master and sat down. The Teacher, seeing that there were injured people here and there, asked the male lay followers: - Why are there so many sick people? What did they do? "World-Honored One, these people went to fight the mosquitoes, but shot each other, so they got sick like this. The Teacher said: - It's not just now that stupid people go and hit the mosquitoes, then come back and hit themselves. In the past, there were also people who went to beat the mosquitoes, and then came back to beat other people. Then, at the request of those male lay followers, the Master told the story of the past. * Once upon a time, when King Brahmadatta reigned in Ba-la-complaint, the Bodhisattva lived as a merchant. At that time, in a border village in the country of Kàsi, many carpenters lived here. There was a wolf-headed carpenter carving a tree trunk. A mosquito landed on his head, the head shining like a copper bowl. With its mouth like an arrow, the mosquito bites its head like a sword. That person called the child sitting near and said: - Hey dear, the mosquito bit me in the head like a sword. Chase it away. - Dear father, please sit still. With one hit, I'll kill it. At that time, the Bodhisatta, looking for goods for himself, came to that village and was sitting at the door of the carpenter's shop. The carpenter said to the child: - Son, drive away this mosquito. The son said: - Hey, dear father, I will chase. It raised a big sharp hammer, stood on the side of the father's back and said: - I will beat mosquitoes! It cut off the father's head again. The carpenter died on the spot. The bodhisattva saw what had happened to the carpenter and thought, "It is better for a wise enemy, because he is afraid of punishment and will not kill." Then he uttered this verse: Better than enemies, But having a clear mind, Better than a friend Lack of intelligence. The son is stupid and deaf, intends to kill the mosquito, Again cuts off his father's head Broken into two pieces. Having said this, the Bodhisatta got up and left, and then died following his own karma. The carpenter's relatives were in charge of cremating the carpenter's body. * The Master said: - Hey, male lay people, in the past, there were also people who wanted to hit the mosquito and knocked down others. After telling this Dharma talk, the Master combined the two stories and identified the Forerunners as follows: - At that time, the wise merchant finished speaking the verse and then left. -ooOoo- 45. THE LADIES ROHINI (Rohini predecessor) Better than enemies…, This story, while staying at Ky Vien, the Master told about the maidservant of the millionaire Loneliness. According to legend, Mr. Lonely Grade had a maid named Rohinì. Its old mother went to the house pounding rice and lay down. The flies swarmed around her and bit her like a needle. She called to her daughter: - Hey dear, the flies bite me. Let's chase them away. The daughter said: - Mother, I will chase. He raised his pestle, with the intention of killing the flies on the mother's body, he said: - I will kill them. Then he hit the mother with a pestle, causing her to die on the spot. Seeing that, it cried: – Mother! It was reported to the millionaire. After ordering the mother to be cremated, the millionaire went to the monastery and told the Master the whole story. The Master said: - This is not the first time with the intention of killing the flies on the mother's body that it strikes with a pestle and kills the mother. In the past, it did the same. Having said this, the Master, at the request of Loneliness, told the story of the past. * Once upon a time, When King Brahmadatta reigned in the land of Benares, the Bodhisatta was born into a millionaire's family, and after his father's death, took his place. The millionaire had a servant girl named Rohinì. The maidservant went to the place of pounding the rice, and heard the mother lying down saying: - Get rid of the flies on my body, dear child. He hit the fly with a pestle and killed the mother and cried. When the Bodhisattva heard this story, he thought to himself, "In this world, a wise enemy is better." Then, in praise of the wise, the Bodhisattva recited this verse: Better than an enemy With wisdom and intelligence, Than one who pitys himself, But a fool with no mind, See Rohini, Killing his mother wretched, Then weep in vain. * The Master said: - Hey, homeowner, this is not the first time with the intention to kill the flies that it kills the mother. It did the same thing before. After recounting this Dharma talk, The Master combined the two stories and identified the Forerunner as follows: - At that time, the mother and daughter were the mother and daughter of today, the son of the great millionaire is I. -ooOoo- 46. STORY OF HARMFUL GARDEN (Aramadùsaka) The good man does no harm…, This story, in a small village in Kosala, the Master told about someone who harmed the garden. According to legend, the Master was walking among the people of Kosala, when he came to a small village. Here, a landowner invited the Tathagata, sat in his garden, made offerings to the Sangha with the Buddha as the leader, and said: - Venerable sir, you can walk in this garden. depending on preference. The Male-stilts got up, walked with the gardener in the garden, saw an open space, and asked the gardener: - Male layman, in this garden, in other places, there are dense trees, but in this place there are no trees, nor bushes. For what reason? - Venerables, when this garden was planted, a village child watered the plants here, uprooted the young trees, and then watered more or less depending on the amount of roots. The saplings wilt and die. For that reason, the place became empty. The bhikkhus went to the Master and reported the story. The Master said: - The Male-stilts, the child in the village is not the only one who spoils the garden now. In the past, he was also a gardener. Having said this, the Master told the story of the past. * In the past, when King Brahmadatta reigned in Ba-la-complaint, a festival day was held in Ba-la-complaint. Starting from the sound of the festival drums, all the people in the city rushed out to attend. At that time, there were many monkeys in the king's garden. The gardener thought: “The city is full of festivals, I will ask these monkeys to water, and I will go to the festival.” He went to the monkey leader and asked: - Hey, monkey king, this garden has helped you a lot. You here eat flowers, fruits and young buds. The city is having a carnival today. I will go to the party. Until I return, can you help water the young trees in this garden? – Fortunately, we will water. - So please be careful. So that they could water them, the gardener gave them water sacks and wooden crates, and left. The monkeys, holding water sacks and wooden crates, started watering the young plants. The monkey king said to them: - Hey monkey friends, keep the water. When you water the young plants, first pull them up, see how their roots are. If the roots are deep, water the roots with plenty of water. If the roots are not deep, water them sparingly. If we water a lot, it's hard for us to find more water. They obey and do just that. At that time, a wise man saw the monkeys doing this in the king's garden, and asked: - Monkey friends, why do you pull up the saplings and water them according to the amount of the roots? They replied: – Our ape lord advises so! Hearing them speak, the wise man thought, “Oh! Those ignorant fools, even though they want to do good, do harm!" Then he read this verse: The good one does no harm, Doing good brings happiness; A fool harms good, Like a monkey kills in a garden. The wise man criticized the leader like that and then took his entourage away. * The Master said: - Hey, the Male-stilts, the child in the village is not the only one who harms the garden now. In the past he was also a gardener. After the Master had told this Dharma talk, He combined the two stories and identified the Forerunner: – At that time, the leader of the monkeys was a village child who damaged the garden. The wise man is I! 47. STORY OF STRONG alcoholic beverages (Vāruni's predecessor) The good one does no harm…, This story, while staying at Ky Vien, the Master told about a person who spoiled wine. Legend has it that Mr. Doc Coc's friend was a wine seller. He stocked up some strong wine to sell to the masses, and they paid in gold and silver. Crowds gathered in the tavern. That person told the apprentice: - Hey, dear, take the money before delivering the wine. After giving such an order, he went to take a bath. The disciple sold alcohol to the masses. The drinkers told him to bring them salt and sugar to eat and drink at the same time. Seeing this, it immediately thought, "The wine must be lacking in salt. I will put salt in the wine.” He immediately put about a pound of salt in the jar of wine and poured wine for them. When they had just taken a full mouthful, they spat it out and asked: – What have you done? "You drink wine and ask me to bring salt back." Seeing that, I added salt. - Hey, you fool, you have spoiled such good wine. The customer criticizes the person, then gets up and leaves one by one. The wine merchant came back, and, seeing no guests, asked where the drinkers had gone. It reports the incident. Its teacher scolded it: - Hey, you fool, you have ruined the wine! And he went to report to Mr. Grade Loneliness. Mr. Loneliness, thinking, "This is a good story to tell", went to Ky Vien, bowed to the Master, and told the story. The Master said: - Hey, householder, it's not now that the apprentice is the one who destroys the wine. In the past, he was also a wine destroyer. Having said this, at the request of Mr. Loneliness, the Master told the story of the past. * Once upon a time, When King Brahmadatta reigned in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born as a millionaire in Benares. Relying on the Bodhisatta is a man who makes a living as a wine merchant. After stocking up on some strong liquor, he told his disciple Kondanna to sell alcohol and take a bath. While the wine merchant was leaving, the disciple poured salt into the wine, and thus destroyed the wine. His teacher returned, knew the reason, immediately informed the millionaire. The millionaire said: - Good people do no harm, but stupid people, even though they want to do good, do harm. And read more of this verse: A good person does no harm, A good person brings happiness, A fool harms a good thing It's like Kondanna Pouring salt into a wine jar. The bodhisattva preached with this verse. * The Teacher said: - Hey, homeowner, not now it's the one who breaks the wine. In the past, he was also a wine destroyer. After speaking, The Master combined the two stories and identified the Forefather as follows: – At that time, the person who spoiled the wine was the one who spoiled the wine now and the millionaire Ba-la-complaint was I -ooOoo- 48. STORY -LAMONY VEDABBHA (Vedabbha's predecessor) Using means is not good..., This story, when in Ky Vien, the Master told about a difficult-to-be-stilts-stilts. The Master said to that Male-stilts: - Male-stilts, it is not only now that he is difficult to tell. In the past, he was also difficult to tell! Because of his words, because he did not follow the words of the wise, he was cut in half by the sword and thrown on the road. It is because of that unique predestined cause that a thousand people die together. Having said this, the Master told the story of the past. * Once upon a time, when King Brahmadatta ruled over Ba-la-complaint, in a small village, there was a Ba-la-mon who knew a spell named Vedabbha. At that time it was said that the charm was of great value. When there is a planetary conjunction, if one reads it and looks up at the sky, seven treasures (gold, silver, coral, amber, red jade and diamond) will be rained from the sky. At that time, the Bodhisatta went to study with that brahmin. One day, the brahmin took the Bodhisattva with him, for some business, out of his village and into the country of Ceti. In the middle of the road, in a forest, there were five hundred bandits, called Messenger robbers, who made the road impassable, they arrested the Bodhisattva and the brahmin Vedabbha. Why are they called messenger bandits? It is said that when they catch two people, they send one to take the ransom, so they are called messenger robbers. If they caught the father and son, they sent the father away, bringing them a ransom to bring the son back. With this vehicle, if they catch the mother and daughter, they send the mother away, they captured the eldest and youngest, they sent the eldest; If they catch the teacher and the student, they send the student away. At that time, they kept the brahmin Vedabbha and sent the Bodhisattva away. The Bodhisatta bowed to the teacher and said: - I will return in a day or two. Master, don't be afraid. But please do as I say. Today there will be a conjunction of the planets to rain down jewels, don't recite mantras and rain down jewels because of hardship. If it rains, I will perish, and so will these five hundred bandits. After giving such advice, the Bodhisatta went to collect the ransom. When the sun went down, the robbers tied the Brahmin and made him lie down. At that moment, the full moon rose from the eastern horizon. The brahmin looked at the stars, knew the conjunction of the planets so that the rain of jewels had formed. He thought to himself: "Why am I suffering like this, let's recite the mantra, rain down jewels, give the robbers their possessions, and go away happy.” So the Brahmin said to the robbers: - Hey guys, for what purpose did you arrest me? - For property purposes. - If you want to have property, immediately untie me, wash my head, put on a new shirt, perfume and decorate with flowers. Then leave me alone. When the robbers heard about it, they did the same. The brahmin knew the conjunction of the planets, recited mantras, and looked up at the sky. From the sky, treasures fell. The robbers collected the property, wrapped it up in bundles with overcoats, and left the group. The brahmin followed them last. The robbers were captured by five hundred other robbers. They asked the others: – For what purpose did you arrest us? - For property purposes. "If you want wealth, arrest this brahmin. It looks up at the sky, rain down property. It is this property that gives us this property. The bandits later released the robbers first, then arrested the Brahmin and said: - Give us such property. Brahmin said: - I cannot give you property. From now until a year, the conjunction of planets to rain fortune will take shape. If you want property, wait. Then I will rain down the fortune. The bandits were angry and said: - You crafty brahmins, you rained property right away for them, and made us wait another year. They cut the brahmin in two with sharp swords and threw them on the road. Then they gave chase, engaged the bandits, killed them, and took the property. Then they divided into two groups, fighting each other until they killed two hundred and fifty. With that method, they killed each other until only two were left. Thus those thousands of people perish. The other two men carried that property and buried it in a forest near the village, one holding a sword and the other taking rice to the village to cook rice. The man sitting near the property thought: "Greed is the root of destruction. If the other guy returns, the property will have to be divided in two. When the other guy returns, I will kill him with my sword." Thinking so, he drew his sword and waited for the other man to return. The other also thought: “The other property must be divided in two. Let's put poison in the rice for the other guy to eat, make him die, so we alone have the property." When the rice is cooked, it eats its portion, then poisons the rest, taking it with them. When it put down the rice, just stood up, the other guy cut it in half with a sword, and threw its body in a private place. Then it ate that portion of rice and died on the spot. Thus, because the whole property perishes. After two or three days, The bodhisattva carrying the ransom money went to that place, did not see his teacher, saw the property scattered, thought to himself: "My teacher did not do as I said, rained down the property, causing all to perish." Then the Bodhisatta followed the great road. While walking, he saw his teacher cut in two on the main road, and thought, "Because he did not follow my instructions, he was killed." The Bodhisatta piled firewood, built a pyre to burn his body, and offered flowers in the forest. Further, the Bodhisatta met five hundred people who died, went on further, saw two hundred and fifty people, continued to the place of those who died, only two were missing. Seeing this, the Bodhisatta thought: "A thousand people, except for two, are going to perish. Anyway, two more robbers remained. They couldn't help but fight, where did they go?" Going further, the Bodhisatta saw the path that the two brought their possessions into the forest; however, the Bodhisatta saw a pile of possessions wrapped in bundles and a robber lying dead with a bowl of rice spilled. This is their job! All-knowing bodhisattva asked himself, "Where is that other man?" Finding it dumped at the other end, the Bodhisattva thought: "Our teacher didn't do what I said, because of his unruly nature, he himself perished, but also caused a thousand others to die because of him. I perish. Whoever uses improper means, for wrong reasons, to gain wealth for himself, will perish like our teacher." Thinking thus, the Bodhisatta recited this verse: Using bad means, Hoping for profit will be harmed, Robbing and killing Ve-dab-bha, All perish. Then the Bodhisattva added: - Like my teacher, due to bad thoughts, due to wrong efforts, rained down property, killed himself, and caused others to perish. Also, To those who think unjustly, strive to gain their own advantage, completely destroy themselves, and even cause others to perish. The bodhisattva resounded throughout the forest because his voice caused the tree gods to respond in agreement. With this verse, the Bodhisatta preached the Dharma. Then he used the means to bring that wealth home, did meritorious deeds such as giving alms and many other good deeds, etc., and lived to the end of his life. At the end of his life, the Bodhisatta ascended the heavenly path. * The Master said: - This Male-stilts, not only now he is difficult to tell. In the past, he was also a difficult person. Because it was difficult to say, he went to complete destruction. After telling this Dharma talk, the Master combined the two stories and identified the Forerunner as follows: - At that time, the Brahmin Vedabbha was a difficult-to-be-stilt-stilt, and so was the disciple. -ooOoo- 49. STORY OF THE STARS (Nakkhatta's predecessor) Waiting for the stars..., This story, while staying at Ky Vien, the master told about a wrong life of a pagan religion. According to legend, a good man and woman in the countryside asked to marry their son the daughter of a family in Savat, and set a date for the wedding. When that day came, he asked a heretic who was close to his family: - Venerable Sir, today we will do a ceremony suitable for a good day, so are the stars good? This person angrily thought: "This person didn't ask me first, has decided on the date, and now asks me. Let's give it a lesson." He said: - Today, the stars are not good. Don't do the ceremony today. If the ceremony is performed, there will be great destruction. The family members in the countryside believed him, and did not go to receive the bride on that day. Meanwhile, the people of the bride's family in the city were all preparing for the wedding ceremony. Seeing that the others did not come, they said: – It was they who decided today, and they did not come, we wasted a lot of money. What kind of people are they? We will marry our daughter to someone else. Then they gave their daughter to another man and married as planned. The next day, the villagers came and asked for the bride. The people of Savattha said: - The householders who live in the country are cruel people. It was you who decided the day, but despised us not to come. Go back the way you came. We have already married our daughter to someone else. They scold the others like that. The others scolded back, and eventually went back the way they had come. At that time, the Bhikkhu-stilts learned the whole story and secretly blamed the evil-doer for obstructing the good days of the others. The Male-stilts sitting in a meeting in the Dharma hall said: - Hey, sages, the other wrongdoer has hindered the good day of that family. The Teacher came and asked: - Hey, monks, today, what do you sit here in a meeting to discuss? When he heard that story, the Master said: - Monks, it's not just that the wrong-doing outsider has hindered the good day of the other family. In the past, he was angry with them and also hindered the good day. Having said this, the Master told the story of the past. * Once upon a time, when King Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the townsfolk asked to marry their daughter in the countryside, set a date for the wedding, and asked a heretic, a friend of the family:- Venerable Sir, today we intend to celebrate auspicious day. So are the stars any good? The evil-minded outsider thinks angrily: “These people have decided the date according to their preferences, now ask me. Then I will hinder their good day.” The man said: - The stars are not good today. If you do the ceremony, you will experience great destruction. They believed him, so they didn't come. When the people in the countryside knew that they were not coming, they immediately said to each other: - Now they have set a date, but they have not come. What kind of people are they to us? And they give their daughter to someone else. The people in the city came the next day and asked to pick up their daughter-in-law. The people in the country said: - You, the people of the city, are householders without shame. You yourselves set the date, but did not take your daughter-in-law. Since you didn't come, we gave our children in marriage to someone else. – We asked a Taoist, knowing the stars were not good, so we did not come. Let us take the bride. Because you did not come, We have already given it to someone else! Now how can I bring it back? While they were arguing like this, a wise man from the city went to the country for some work, heard the story told, and said: - What is the meaning of the stars? Being a girl is not thanks to the stars? Then the wise man reads this verse: Waiting for the stars Fools spoil good, Good shows good, What can heaven do? The people in the city after arguing, could not pick up the bride, had to leave. * The Master said: - The Male-stilts, not only now this evil-doing outsider has hindered the good day of that family, in the past he has also done it. After narrating the Dharma talk, the Master combined the two stories and identified the Forerunners as follows: - At that time, the evil-doers of the pagans were the evil-doers of the pagans today, those families were one. Wise people say whatever I am. -ooOoo- 50. STORY OF MINIMAL PEOPLE (Dummedha's predecessor) With thousands of no-mind... This story, while in Ky Vien, the Master told about the beneficial actions of life. This story is told in Chapter twelve, Mahakanha Forerunner No. 469. * In the past, when King Brahmadatta reigned in Ba-la-complaint. The Bodhisatta became pregnant with the king's queen. From the fetus born, on the day of naming, the Bodhisattva was called Prince Brahmadatta (Brahma). When he reached the age of sixteen, he was well educated in Takkasila, had mastered the three Vedas, and had mastered the eighteen disciplines. The king's father conferred the prince the position of Vice King. At that time, the people in Ba-la-complaint often performed auspicious day offerings to the gods, and they paid homage to the gods. They killed many goats, sheep, chickens… and not only made offerings with various kinds of flowers, but also with fresh meat filled with blood. Bodhisattva thinks: “Nowadays, the masses often perform rituals on auspicious days to worship the gods and kill many living creatures. The majority of the population follows the law. After my father's death, I will have the whole country saved, I will find a means of not bothering anyone, and stop the killing of living things." One day, the Bodhisatta got in his car, came out from the city, and saw a large crowd gathered at a large tree, praying to the tree god to grant his son, daughter, fame, fortune, etc., whatever he wanted. such a wish. The Bodhisatta got off the car, went to that tree, made offerings with incense and flowers, sprinkled the tree with water, walked around the tree to the right, and respectfully worshiped the tree god. Then the Bodhisatta climbed into the chariot and entered the city. From then on, with this means, the Bodhisatta from time to time went to that tree and bowed down like a worshiper of the tree god. After the death of his father, the Bodhisatta was placed on the throne. He renounced the Four Evil Paths, practice the Ten Virtues of a King, and rule the country in accordance with the law. He thought: "Now my will has reached its highest intention, and has been placed on the throne. Before, what was my wish, now I have to practice until I get it." The Bodhisatta gathered the great deities, the Brahmins, the nobles, the householders and said: - Did you know my will before I attained the throne? - Dear God, we do not know. - Have you seen before that I bowed to the tree god with the scent of flowers and bowed to the tree with my hands clasped? - Dear God, yes. – At that time, I made a vow: “If I become king, I will make an offering to that tree god. Thanks to the power of that tree god, I was saved. Now I will make an offering to the tree god, don't be a hindrance. Be quick to prepare an offering to the gods. - What do we make offerings to the tree god? - Monks, I have a wish to that god as follows: All those in my country who accept and practice the five evil precepts such as killing… and the ten unwholesome actions, I will kill those people, and with their organs, flesh and blood, I will make offerings. God! Such is my prayer. Please beat the drums to report as follows: Our great king, when he was still a viceroy, made a vow: "If I achieve national liberation, those who follow the evil precepts in our country, I will kill them all. They make offerings to the gods! So now I am ready to kill a thousand people who accept and practice the five unwholesome precepts and the ten unwholesome actions, and give their hearts and meat as offerings to gods. Thus, now I declare it to the townspeople.” The King again declared as follows: - Only those who, starting from today, still violate the precepts of evil conduct, a thousand such people will be killed to make sacrifices and I will release my vows. To make this meaning clear, the Bodhisatta read the verse: To thousands of ignorant people, I vow to kill sacrifices, Now I will perform sacrifices, Kill those who are illegal. The great ministers obeyed the Bodhisatta's instructions and beat the drums to report in the city of Benares, all twelve miles away. When hearing the report, not a single person dared to stand up and do bad deeds. During the time when the bodhisattva reigned in this land, no one broke the law. The bodhisattva did not disturb anyone, made all the people in the country uphold the precepts, and performed meritorious deeds such as alms-giving by himself... until the end of his life, he brought his congregation to come and swarm the whole world. city ​​of gods. * The Master said: - The Male-stilts, not only now that the Tathagata lives to bring benefits to the world, in the past, the Tathagata also did the same. After giving this discourse, and combining the two stories, the Master identified the Predecessor as follows: - At that time, the courtiers were the assembly of the Buddha and the king of Benares was I. 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