Early Buddhism

The Ascetic Who Behaved Like a Dog

Kukkuravatikasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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Some ascetics in ancient India undertook extreme practices, such as a vow to behave like an ox or a dog. The Buddha meets two such individuals, and is reluctantly pressed to reveal the kammic outcomes of such practice.

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