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THE MURDER OF THE FATHER
(Second Birth) All the animals of this Earth do reap the fruits of actions done in the previous births. The present birth is only an instrument in the crimes or virtues,
Gunsen had experienced delight in teasing Agnisharma in sporting curiosity and in jest. And afterwards, unknowingly and without any ill-will had kept him hungry after invitation.
At the time of death, Agnisharma bade goodbye to the virtue of forgiveness natural to the monks. He, on the contrary, packed with him the bad instinct of revenge. That Agnisharma, in some births, paid back to Gunsen the fruits of action by being born as a son. sometimes in the form of a mother he became the killer of a son. He was totally, helpless before
