A KORA OF KORAS

Kukkuripa lingered in heaven for what seemed many years, yet one day, he
thought of the small dog he had left starving alone in his cave. He called out to
the Gods, “Let us all descend now to the land of Jambudvipa (India).”And when
they asked ‘Why? He told them of the dog which must even now be dying without
water and food.
They replied, “Ah, even though you have practiced for so long, you are still
attached to a dog.”
But the thought of the dog’s suffering of thirst and starvation, its pains and terror
regarding dying, the rotting of its body and its bones turning to dust, would not
be dispelled from his mind.
Eventually, he looked down from the heavens and saw that his dog had become
thin, sad, and terribly hungry and he decided that he would return to the cave.