| J.321 |
Ku.tiduusaka Jaataka |
A singila bird, seeing a monkey shivering in the rain, suggested to him that he should
build a nest. The monkey, in envy, destroyed the birdís nest. The story was told
in reference to a novice ulunkasaddaka, who had burned down Kassapaís kuti in a forest
near Rajagaha. At that time, Kassapa had two novices, one who was a helpful attendant,
the other ill-behaved. Whatever the good novice did, the bad novice would take for
credit himself. One day, in exasperation, the good novice heated water for Kassapaís
bath and then hid it in a back room, leaving only a little in the boiler. When the
other novice saw the steam rising, he informed Kassapa that the water was ready.
When asked where all the water had gone, the bad novice dipped a ladle in the boiler
and it rattled against the bottom (thenceforth he was nicknamed ëulunkasaddakaí --
lit. rattle-ladle). Being found fault with on this and other occasions, he bore Kassapa
a grudge, and one day, having set fire to the elderís kuti, he ran away. Later he
was born as a hungry ghost and subsequently in Aveci. This incident was reported
to the Buddha by monks who came from Rajagaha. The monkey in the Jataka is identified
with the bad novice. |
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Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.iii.071ff. |
fool, grudge |