The goat, remembering his past lives, said, A longtime ago, I too was a priest who, like you, was welleducated in the sacred religious rites. I thought that tosacrifice a goat was a necessary offering to my god, whichwould benefit others, as well as myself in future rebirths.However, the true result of my action was that in my next499 lives I myself have been beheaded!
While being prepared for the sacrifice, I realizedthat today I will definitely lose my head for the 500thtime. Then I will finally be free of all the results of myunwholesome deed of so long ago. The joy of this mademe laugh uncontrollably.
Then I suddenly realized that you, the priest, wereabout to repeat the same unwholesome action, and wouldbe doomed to the same result of having your headchopped off in your next 500 lives! So, out of compassionand sympathy, my laughter turned to tears.
The priest was afraid this goat might be right, so hesaid, Well, sir goat, I will not kill you. The goat replied,Reverend priest, even if you do not kill me, I know thattoday I will lose my head and finally be released from theresults of my past unwholesome action.
The priest said, Dont be afraid, my fine goat. I willprovide the very best protection and personally guaranteethat no harm will come to you. But the goat said, Ohpriest, your protection is very weak, compared to thepower of my unwholesome deed to cause its necessaryresults.
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