Śāriputra

Role: hare · First appears: Chapter XXIV

In Chapter XXIV, Śāriputra was the hare among four animals who lived together with The Buddha Bhagavant, Maudgalyāyana, and Ānanda. After some time, they learned their ages and showed reverence according to seniority; the hare paid honour to the partridge.

In the dense forest, the four gave up harming living creatures, taking what was not given, unlawful unions, careless speech, and intoxicating fruits. At Kāśi, they confirmed the animal world in the five vows. Their harmless way of life was associated with regular rain and abundant seeds, flowers, and fruit trees; at Vārāṇasī, the Rishi told the king that the four animals’ power had brought prosperity to the realm. The four lived together “in harmony and full content.”

Relationship record

Chapter XXIV

• friends with The Buddha Bhagavant “As they had become attached to each other, they lived together in harmony and full content, and spent their time joyfully, without fear or strife.”
• friends with Maudgalyāyana “As they had become attached to each other, they lived together in harmony and full content, and spent their time joyfully, without fear or strife.”
• friends with Ānanda “As they had become attached to each other, they lived together in harmony and full content, and spent their time joyfully, without fear or strife.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources. Made with Rho MD.