31 The Importance of Seniority
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The pupils of the six monks take the best seats and lodgings, leaving Sāriputta without a place to sleep. The Buddha, learning of this, teaches a past life story: a partridge, monkey, and elephant lived together. They asked who was eldest, and the partridge’s ancient memory revealed he was oldest. The animals honored him and kept the precepts. The Buddha rules that respect should be paid according to seniority.