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the vow that he would not go foraging any more for as long as he could not still his mind from desire. The snake had been trodden upon by a "holy cow" and had bitten the cow, accidentally killing it. When the cowherd found the cow dead, he broke into tears. After performing the necessary rites, the cowherd buried the cow close by the snake’s termite mound. Seeing this, the snake became disgusted at his own uncontrolled anger. Thus the snake entered the hermitage taking the vow never to hunt again until he could overcome his anger. The jackal had once been out scavenging and, coming across the dead body of an elephant, ate into it from behind and lived inside it. When the body dried up, he became a prisoner and made frenzied efforts to escape. Eventually the storm broke, moistening the hide and allowing him to emerge through the head, but not without losing all his hair as he crawled through. He thereupon resolved to renounce his greediness. Thereupon he entered the hermitage with the other animals (also J.148). The bear had been greedy for fancy food and had left the safety of the forest to enter the town in search of dainties. On entering the village the bear had received many blows before fleeing. Reflecting on his injuries, the bear saw that his own stupidity was the reason for his hurt and resolved to enter the hermitage, not to re-emerge until he could overcome his delusion. The hermit himself had once suffered from arrogance about being 'born of the Brahmas'. With such arrogance, he had not been able to attain the meditative absorptions. A Paccekabuddha saw the hermit's potential for enlightenment and went to where the hermit was, appearing