The Teacher having finished this discourse, in illustration of his words (“Not now only, mendicants, was Rāhula devoted to instruction; formerly also he was so,” etc.), made the connexion, and summed up the Jātaka: “At that time the nephew, the young stag, was Rāhula, the mother was Uppala-vaṇṇā, but the uncle was I myself.” END OF THE STORY OF THE CUNNING DEER.[293] No. 17. MALUTA JĀTAKA. The Wind. _“Whenever the wind blows,” etc._--This the Master told when at Jetavana, about two Buddhist monks. They, we are told, were living a forest life in the country of Kosala; and one was called DARK and the other called LIGHT. Now one day Light asked Dark, “Brother! at what time does the cold, as some people call it, come on?” “In the dark half of the month!” said he. But one day Dark asked Light, “Brother Light! at what time does the so-called cold come on?” “In the light half of the month!” said he. And neither of the two being able to solve the knotty point, they went to the Master, and after paying him reverence, asked him, “At what time, Sir, is the cold?” When the Master had heard their story, he said, “Formerly also, O mendicants! I solved this question for you; but the confusion arising from change of birth has driven it out of your minds.” And he told a tale. * * * * * Once upon a time two friends, a lion and a tiger, were living in a certain cave at the foot of a hill. At that time the Bodisat, who had devoted himself to the religious life of a hermit, was living at the foot of that same mountain. Now one day a dispute arose between the friends about the cold. The tiger said it was cold in the dark half of the month, the lion said it was cold in the light half. And as neither of them could solve the difficulty, they asked the Bodisat, and he uttered this stanza: “It is whenever the wind blows, In the dark half or in the light. For cold is caused by wind: and so You both are right.” Thus the Bodisat pacified the two friends. * * * * * When the Master had finished this discourse (“Formerly also,” etc.), he proclaimed the Truths. And at the close thereof the two brethren were established in the Fruit of Conversion. The Master made the connexion, and summed up the Jātaka: “He who was then the tiger was Dark, the lion Light, but the ascetic who answered the question was I myself.” END OF THE STORY ABOUT THE WIND.[294] No. 18. MATAKA-BHATTA JĀTAKA. On Offering Food to the Dead. “_If people would but understand._”--This the Teacher told when at Jetavana, about food offered to the dead.