{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_cp15/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_cp15","id":"suttacentral_cp15","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/cp15/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cThen again when I was a buffalo who roamed the forest, large in body and strong, big and scary to see. In a cave, a craggy hillside, at a tree root or a waterhole, there\u2019d be somewhere for buffalos, in one place or another. Wandering the mighty forest, I saw a fine spot. Having gone there, I stood and lay to rest. Then a monkey came along, wicked, ignoble, and nimble. On my shoulder, forehead, and eyebrows, he peed and pooed. Not just that day, but a second, a third, and a fourth; he soiled me all the time, he was harrying me. Seeing me being harried, a spirit said to me: \u2018Kill that vile, wicked thing with your horns and hooves.\u2019 When he spoke, I said this to that spirit: \u2018Why would you smear me with a wicked, ignoble carcass? If I were upset with him I would degrade myself, violating my ethics, and being criticized by sensible people. Better to die from purity than live in shame. How could I, for the sake of life, harm another?\u2019 Thinking of me, this one will do the same to others, and for that they will kill him. Then I shall be free. Forgiving disrespect from the low, middle and high, the wise one gains their heart\u2019s desire.\u201d","title":"The Buffalo King\u2019s Conduct","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":217}