So the priest canceled the sacrifice, and began tohave doubts about killing innocent animals. He releasedthe goat and, along with his servants, followed him inorder to protect him from any danger.
The goat wandered into a rocky place. He saw sometender leaves on a branch and stretched out his neck toreach them. All of a sudden a thunderstorm appeared outof nowhere. A lightning bolt struck an over-hanging rock,and cut off a sharp slab, which fell and chopped off thegoats head! He died instantly, and the thunderstormdisappeared.
Hearing of this very strange event, hundreds of localpeople came to the place. No one could understand howit had happened.
There was also a fairy who lived in a nearby tree. Hehad seen all that had occurred. He appeared, gentlyfluttering in the air overhead. He began to teach thecurious people, saying, Look at what happened to thispoor goat. This was the result of killing animals! Allbeings are born, and suffer through sickness, old age anddeath. But all wish to live, and not to die. Not seeing thatall have this in common, some kill other living beings.This causes suffering also to those who kill, both now andin countless future rebirths.
Being ignorant that all deeds must cause results tothe doer, some continue to kill and heap up moresuffering on themselves in the future. Each time they kill,a part of themselves must also die in this present life. Andthe suffering continues even by rebirth in hell worlds!
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