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## Chapter 146: The Scattering of the Eager Rejection
The monks, having gone out to beg, were eating. There, the householder, remembering his past life, was angry. ||5|| He scattered the food, the monk got up and said something else. He did the same, even in that place. ||6|| Then, the righteous one thought, "What kind of happiness is this I have received?" Seeing the evil, he too became angry. ||7|| Then, on the bank of the Mayang river, a swan died and was reborn. In time, the righteous one went there. ||8|| Seeing him, the swan, with its wings filled with cool water, remembered its past life and was chilled in the cold season. ||9|| Thus, again and again, the monk was tired, but he did not leave until he asked, "What kind of happiness is this, that I have been entangled in this way?" ||10|| A lion, having died, was reborn in the Anjana mountain, and was very fierce. In time, the righteous one went there with his companions. ||11|| Seeing them, the lion, with its companions, quickly ran away, fleeing from the group of monks, until it was stopped by the world. ||12|| "Who is it that has not been bound? What kind of happiness is this I have received?" The monk, quickly becoming angry, spoke harshly. ||13|| Having died, he went to the city of Varanasi, and entered the begging bowl. The righteous one saw him. ||14|| Seeing him, he was delighted, and he did everything to please him. Because of the hatred of his past life, he was killed by him. ||15|| Having died, he was reborn as a king in the same place. He remembered his past life and thought, "I have been a fool in these many lives." ||16|| "Even if I were to be given all the wealth of the kingdom, I would not be happy. If I see him, I will be content." ||17|| "For the sake of knowing this, I will recite the story of my past life with the righteous one! Everyone should read this story." ||18||
"Nanda was a boatman on the Ganges, a householder in the assembly. The swan was on the bank of the Mayang, the lion was on the Anjana mountain. ||1||
The merchant was in Varanasi, the king came there." Whoever completes this story, the earth will give him half the kingdom. The people of the city proclaimed this with great enthusiasm. ||19|| The wise ones, following the path of the wise, followed the western half. The foolish ones did not follow, for they were not human. ||20|| The righteous one, wandering, came to that place and got up. In the garden, the gardener read it. ||21||
"Nanda was a boatman on the Ganges," having heard this, he said, "You read it again and again, why, good sir, is this?" ||22|| The righteous one, seeing his foolishness, told him the true meaning of the monk. Then, the monk completed the western half in this way. ||23||
"This is the one who is wounded, he has come here." ||2|| Taking this complete story, he was comforted and lived in peace. The king, having heard this, was very frightened. ||24||