Ja 44 — The Story about the Mosquito

English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato.

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Stories of Past Lives 44
The Book of the Ones
Wanting to Help
The Mosquito: a past life story
Better is a considerate foe
than an inconsiderate friend.
Thinking, “I shall kill the mosquito”,
the idiot son split open his father’s head.