The Laughing and Crying Sheep
In those days, there was a brahman master. He ordered his students to catch and kill a sheep for feasting brahmins and donate on behalf of passed away relatives.
After being catched, a sheep laughed and cried. The students asked the sheep “Why did you laughed and cried ?”
The sheep replied “Do you really want to know ? If you want to know, bring me to see your master.”
With curiousity, the students brought the sheep to see their master. The master asked the sheep “Why did you laughed and cried ?”
The sheep replied “In those days, I’ve been a brahman master like you. I killed a sheep and donate on behalf of died relatives. After that, I’ve been beheaded for five hundred lifes. I laughed because my sin will be paid off today. I cried because I take a pity on you that you will receive punishment like me.”
Being scared, the brahman master said that “Mr. sheep, Don’t be scared, I will never kill you.”
“Whether you kill me or not, I will die today.” The sheep said.
The brahman master consoled the sheep, “Don’t worry, I’ll protect you from everyone. No one can hurt you.” and then free the sheep.
The brahman master, along with his students, followed the sheep to protect it from being hurt. Minutes later, the sheep raised it’s head up to eat a leaf which is stick to a wall. Suddenly, a thunderbolt stoke the sheep at it’s neck and the sheep was beheaded.
A tree god appeared and said “If you know that birth is a cause of suffering, you shouldn’t kill anyone; because killing suffers others, and you will be punished forever.”
The tree god finally reincarnated as the Buddha.