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Ghatāsana Jātaka (No.133)
Once the Bodhisatta was king of the birds and lived with his subjects in a
giant tree, whose branches spread over a lake. The Nāga king of the lake, Canda,
enraged by the dropping of the birds' dung into the water, caused flames to dart
up from the water to the tree, and the Bodhisatta, perceiving the danger, flew
away with his flock.
The story was told to a monk whose but was burnt by fire. The villagers
undertook to build him another, but there was a delay of three months, during
which the monk with no shelter could not proceed in his meditation. The Buddha
chided him for not seeking another shelter. J. i.471f.

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