Once,
the Buddha was out on an alms-round at Savatthi when he came across a number of
youths beating a snake with sticks.
When questioned, the youths answered
that they were beating the snake because they were afraid that the snake might
bite them.
To
them the Buddha said, "If you do not want to be harmed, you should also
not harm others: if you harm others, you will not find happiness in your next
existence."
Then
the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:
"He
who seeks his own happiness by oppressing others, who also desire to have
happiness, will not find happiness in his next existence.
He
who seeks his own happiness by not oppressing others, who also desire to have
happiness, will find happiness in his next existence."
At
the end of the discourse all the youths attained Sotapatti Fruition.
(The Dhammapada. 131,132 Verses and Stories
Translated by Daw Mya Tin,M.A.)
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