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The Dog

Sunakhajātaka

“Foolish Dog”—This story the Master told whilst living in Jetavana, about a dog that used to be fed in the resting hall by the Ambala tower.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.42. Sunakhajātaka

1.1PTS 2.247“Bālo vatāyaṁ sunakho,1.2yo varattaṁ na khādati;1.3Bandhanā ca pamuñceyya,1.4asito ca gharaṁ vaje”.

2.1“Aṭṭhitaṁ me manasmiṁ me,2.2atho me hadaye kataṁ;2.3Kālañca paṭikaṅkhāmi,2.4yāva passupatū jano”ti.

3.1Sunakhajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.