They attain what others attain not.
(These three stanzas were uttered by the Supremely Enlightened One.)
When the Teacher had related this parable, he identified the personages in the Birth-story as follows: “At that time the lion was I myself.”
So taking the little hare on his back, he sprang forward with the speed of a lion.
16. The Birds.
Nobody loves a beggar.
Vinaya iii. 147-148.
On a certain occasion the Exalted One reproved the monks for begging. Said he:
In olden times a certain monk dwelt on a slope of Himavat in a certain forest-grove. Not far from that forest-grove was a great marsh, a swamp. Now a large flock of birds sought food in that swamp in the daytime, returning to that forest-grove at eventide to roost. Now that monk, driven away by the noise of that flock of birds, approached me, and having approached, saluted me and sat down on one side. And as he sat on one side, I said this to that monk: