The Story of a Wretched Pig: Sūkarika-avadāna
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The Story of a Wretched Pig: Sūkarika-avadāna
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Description
A divine being about to fall from heaven and be reborn as a pig laments his fate, and Śakra, out of compassion, convinces him to take refuge in the Buddha. As a result of his taking refuge, the divine being is reborn among the gods of Tuṣita heaven, a realm even higher than the one Śakra inhabits.
Citation
Rotman, Andy, trans. "The Story of a Wretched Pig: Sūkarika-avadāna." In Divine Stories: Divyāvadāna, Part 1, 325–28. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2008.
Interconnections
1 Full translation of
In The Exemplary Tale About a Sow, the Buddha recounts the earlier events surrounding a god in Trāyastriṃśa heaven who foresaw that he would be reborn as a pig in Rājagṛha. At the encouragement of Śakra, this god, in the final moments of agony before his death, took refuge in the Three Jewels and thereby attained rebirth in the even higher Tuṣita heaven. The story thus illustrates the liberative power of taking refuge in the Three Jewels, as befittingly expressed in the concluding verses of this short avadāna. (Source: 84000)
