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Dutiyasiṅgālasutta

A Jackal (2nd)

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.
At Sāvatthī.

“Assuttha no tumhe, bhikkhave, rattiyā paccūsasamayaṁ jarasiṅgālassa vassamānassā”ti?
“Mendicants, did you hear an old jackal howling at the crack of dawn?”

“Evaṁ, bhante”.
“Yes, sir.”

“Siyā kho, bhikkhave, tasmiṁ jarasiṅgāle yā kāci kataññutā kataveditā, na tveva idhekacce sakyaputtiyapaṭiññe siyā yā kāci kataññutā kataveditā.
“There might be some gratitude and thankfulness in that old jackal, but there is none in a certain person here who claims to be a follower of the Sakyan son.

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:
So you should train like this:

‘kataññuno bhavissāma katavedino;
‘We will be grateful and thankful.

na ca no amhesu appakampi kataṁ nassissatī’ti.
We won’t forget even a small thing done for us.’

Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.
That’s how you should train.”

Dvādasamaṁ.

Opammavaggo paṭhamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Kūṭaṁ nakhasikhaṁ kulaṁ,

okkhā satti dhanuggaho;

Āṇi kaliṅgaro nāgo,

biḷāro dve siṅgālakāti.

Opammasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.
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