འཕགས་པ་སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱ་རྟགས་པ་བརྗད་པ་ཤས་ལྡན་གྱ་མད intro.3

intro.3

The basic narrative of The Sūtra of Jñānaka is similar to that of the text that immediately follows it in the Kangyur, The Exemplary Tale About a Sow (Toh 345: Sūkarikāvadāna; phag mo’i rtogs pa brjod pa),¹ wherein another god similarly laments his imminent rebirth as a pig in Rājagṛha. His tearful laments prompt Śakra, lord of the gods, to instruct him to take refuge in the Three Jewels as a means to prevent such an unwelcome event. In this sūtra, the god does not take rebirth in the human realm as Jñānaka does, but rather in the Tuṣita heaven.