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The Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya says: In the past, there was a brāhmaṇa who dug a well in a wilderness to provide for travelers. At dusk, a pack of jackals went to the well to drink water. The leader of the jackals stuck its head into the drawing bucket, and having drunk, lifted it high on its head, dashed it down, broke it, and left. The young jackals admonished their leader, saying, 'If even tree leaves are useful, one still protects and cherishes them; how much more so this utensil for benefiting and aiding others—how can you bear to break it?' The leader said, 'I was only having fun.' Because many were damaged, the donor harboured resentment. He then made a wooden bucket with a mechanism so that a head could enter but could not come out. He placed it beside the well and waited in a hidden place holding a staff. When dusk came, [the jackal] indeed arrived and played as before. It stuck its head into the bucket, and trying to smash it, could not get free. The brāhmaṇa beat it to death with the staff. At that time, a spirit in the air spoke a verse: 'When a good friend speaks with a compassionate heart, / One who is stubborn and contrary will not accept admonition. / Clinging to obstinacy invites this calamity, / Causing the loss of one's own physical life.'