A Jackal (2nd)

Dutiyasiṅgālasutta

A Jackal (2nd)

Dutiyasiṅgālasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, did you hear an old jackal howling at the crack of dawn?” “Yes, sir.” “There might be some gratitude and thankfulness in that old jackal, but there is none in a certain person here who claims to follow the Sakyan.
PL
Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati. “Assuttha no tumhe, bhikkhave, rattiyā paccūsasamayaṁ jarasiṅgālassa vassamānassā”ti? “Evaṁ, bhante”. “Siyā kho, bhikkhave, tasmiṁ jarasiṅgāle yā kāci kataññutā kataveditā, na tveva idhekacce sakyaputtiyapaṭiññe siyā yā kāci kataññutā kataveditā.
EN
So you should train like this: ‘We will be grateful and thankful. We won’t forget even a small thing done for us.’ That’s how you should train.”
PL
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ: ‘kataññuno bhavissāma katavedino; na ca no amhesu appakampi kataṁ nassissatī’ti. Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.
PL
Dvādasamaṁ. Opammavaggo paṭhamo. Tassuddānaṁ Kūṭaṁ nakhasikhaṁ kulaṁ,
EN
The Linked Discourses with similes are complete.
PL
okkhā satti dhanuggaho; Āṇi kaliṅgaro nāgo, biḷāro dve siṅgālakāti. Opammasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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