• Stories of Past Lives 18 Jātaka
  • The Book of the Ones Ekakanipāta
  • Ethics SÄ«lavagga

The Feast for the Dead: a past life story 8. Matakabhattajātaka

If beings only knew ā€œEvaƱce sattā jāneyyuṁ, how this suffering is created by birth, dukkhāyaṁ jātisambhavo; no creature would kill another, Na pāṇo pāṇinaṁ haƱƱe, for the slayer of creatures grieves. pāṇaghātÄ« hi socatÄ«ā€ti.

Matakabhattajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.