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14. The Chapter on Not Giving – Paliverse

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14.

The Chapter on Not Giving

131.

The Asampadāna Birth Story

131.

For one who does not give to any whatsoever, for a fool, friendships become misfortune;

Therefore I take the abundant half-measure, may my friendship not be lost forever.

The Asampadāna Birth Story is the first.

132.

The Bhīruka Birth Story

132.

Through firm resolution in wholesome instruction, and through fearlessness and courage without turning back;

We did not come under the control of the ogresses, that safety of mine came through great fear.

The Bhīruka Birth Story is the second.

133.

The Ghatāsana Birth Story

133.

Where there was security, there an enemy has arisen, in the midst of the water the ghee-eater blazes;

Today there is no dwelling on the earth in the tree, seek the directions, from the refuge today fear has arisen for us.

The Ghatāsana Birth Story is the third.

134.

The Jhānasodhana Birth Story

134.

Whatever beings are conscious, they too are ill-fated, and whatever beings are unconscious, they too are ill-fated;

Having avoided both of these, that attainment-happiness is without blemish.

The Jhānasodhana Birth Story is the fourth.

135.

The Candābha Birth Story

135.

Whoever here stands fast with wisdom in the radiance of the moon and the radiance of the sun,

With meditative absorption without applied thought, becomes one who reaches the radiant realm.

The Candābha Birth Story is the fifth.

136.

The Golden Swan Birth Story

136.

One should be satisfied with what is obtained, for excessive greed is evil;

Having seized the king of swans, you have fallen away from the gold.

The Suvaṇṇahaṃsa Birth Story is the sixth.

137.

The Cat Birth Story

137.

Where one cat obtains, a second arises there;

And a third and a fourth, this is the den of those cats.

The Cat Birth Story is the seventh.

138.

The Iguana Birth Story

138.

What is the use of your matted hair, O imprudent one, what is the use of your garment of skin?

Within you is a thicket, yet you polish the outside.

The Iguana Birth Story is the eighth.

139.

The Fallen on Both Sides Birth Story

139.

The dice broken, the cloth lost, and a quarrel at the friend's house;

Activities ruined on both sides, in water and on land.

The Fallen on Both Sides Birth Story is the ninth.

140.

The Crow Birth Story

140.

Always with agitated hearts, vexing the whole world;

Therefore there is no power for them, our relatives the crows.

The Crow Birth Story is the tenth.

The Non-Giving Chapter is the fourteenth.

Its summary:

Whatsoever, Ogress, Khemiya, and with More Than A Hundred Questions, Radiant again;

Then Swan, Excellent, Best, Cat, Matted Hair, Fallen, Eight, with Crow King - ten.

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