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Ja 15

Accept the Ass: a past life story

5. Kharādiyajātaka

Ethics

Accept the Ass: a past life story

“Please accept the eight-hooved ass,
the deer more wily than the wily.”
“He has skipped the appointment seven times—
I’ll make no effort to instruct him.”

Translation: German (Julius Dutoit, 1872–1958), published 1908–1916 · in copyright until the end of 2028, source palikanon.com. Pāli and English (SuttaCentral / Bilara, public domain, CC0). See Sources & Thanks. The title and the verse are additionally available in the German translation by Ayyā Sabbamittā (SuttaCentral / Bilara, public domain, CC0).

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