There was once a cripple in Benares adept in throwing stones. He lived at the city gate, under a banyan tree, und cut the leaves of the tree into different shapes for children who gave him some of their food. One day, the König discovered his skill und engaged his services to throw a pint pot of goat's dung into the mouth of a brahmin who never stopped talking. The cripple sat behind a curtain through which he threw the pellets of dung as the brahmin talked. Then the König told the brahmin, und he was cured of his talking und the cripple won great wealth. Desiring gain, a certain man ministered to the cripple und learnt his art, und, when he left, the cripple warned him not to throw stones at anyone who had father or Mutter or owner. While wandering about, the man came across the Pacceka Buddha Sunetta, und, thinking him a fit victim, threw a stone through his ear. The Pacceka Buddha suffered great pain und died. When it was discovered, the man was killed und was reborn in Avīci. Later he became a pets, on Gijjhakūta und Moggallāna saw him going through the air, while sixty tausend blazing hammers rose und fell on his head. Pv.iv.16; PvA.282 6; DhA.ii.68 ff; cf. J.i.418f. (Sālittaka Jātaka).


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