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14.

The Chapter on Not Giving

131.

The Birth Story of Asampadāna

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 Birth Story of Asampadāna is the first.

132.

The Birth Story of Bhīruka

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 Birth Story of Bhīruka is the second.

133.

The Birth Story of Ghatāsana

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 Birth Story of Ghatāsana is the third.

134.

The Birth Story of Jhānasodhana

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 Birth Story of Jhānasodhana is the fourth.

135.

The Birth Story of Candābha

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 Birth Story of Candābha is the fifth.

136.

The Birth Story of the Golden Swan

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 Birth Story of Suvaṇṇahaṃsa is the sixth.

137.

The Birth Story of the Cat

137.

Where one cat obtains, a second arises there;

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

The Birth Story of the Cat is the seventh.

138.

The Birth Story of the Iguana

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 Birth Story of the Iguana is the eighth.

139.

The Birth Story of the Fallen on Both Sides

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 Birth Story of the Fallen on Both Sides is the ninth.

140.

The Birth Story of the Crow

140.

Always with agitated hearts, vexing the whole world;

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

The Birth Story of the Crow 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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