A Tiger and a Forest Dog

Formerly there was a Forest Dog in a forest, this Forest Dog is different from other beasts. He is very diligent to maintain his honor. He is a Forest Dog that is not greedy to worldly life. The dog is well mannered and very affectionate to animals, especially small animals and wild animals. He rarely commits unlawful deeds.

The dog lives in a way that contrasts sharply with the life of other beasts present in the forest. He is not greedy for worldly goods and does not eat meat like any other beast. All the wild animal communities in the forest are antipathic and hostile. One day the wild beast community came to him and said: "We the whole wild beast community does not agree with your way of life, especially asceticism that leaves the world enjoyment. In our opinion, your ascetic behavior is not at all self-profitable. Are you a Forest Dog? You should live shoulder to shoulder and hunt as we do. So what is your underlying anti-bloodshed? What underlying you will not eat meat? "

Hearing the question, the Forest Dog replied: "My friendship with you, O community of savage beasts, does not cause me to sin, save myself sin. For sin is not born of the place and the Companions, but from the heart and the deeds themselves. If there is a good animal and then lived in a kampung, not automatically the village will be good, otherwise if the animal is not good to live in a place, does not mean the place is necessarily become bad. For if so, do you think killing a diligent creature in their place of worship is not a sin? Instead the animal who helped his friend from death in a battle, does that include sin? Indeed I will be friends with you with the integrity of my body, not with my heart and my actions. Because I really understand the logical consequences I face as a result of my actions and I know more than you are about me and what I do. "