9.11 The Story about Three Groups

Three different groups of bhikkhus who were on their way to the Buddha saw a crow die in mid-air, a woman drowned on a voyage and themselves get buried in a cave; they asked the Buddha why it all happened, and he explained there is nowhere to escape from the results of bad actions, and spoke a verse. Keywords: Monastics, Death, Ships, Murder, Famines, Cruelty, Past Lives