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VI.d. Dogs and Carrion.
Dogs are quarrelling about some carrion, when a stranger passes by. They immediately turn upon him and attack him altogether, though he has no desire to interfere with their prey.
The carrion is riches, the dogs worldly people, and the stranger the pious hermit.
[Occurrences in Barlaam. — Only found in Heb., c. xxiii., and Arab., in all three forms of it. (Cf . Rehatsek, p. 140.)]
VI.e. The Cannibal King.
A king is forced to flee with wife and children before the enemy. One of the children dies, and they are forced to eat him. So the pious eat from necessity, while others eat with appetite.
[Occurrences in Barlaam. — In Heb. c. xii., and Arab. (cf. Reh., p. 149), not in Gr., which probably omitted it for aesthetic reasons.
Indian Original. — Tibetan, Dsanglun, tr. Schmidt, xxviii. seq., ap. Benfey, Pants, i. 391.
Literature. — Kuhn, 21 ; Cassel, 227 ; Weisslovits, 87; Benfey, l.c.]
VI.f. The Sun of Wisdom.
Wisdom is like the sun, which shines everywhere and upon all. Yet we cannot always see it, because some have weak sight, and cannot bear its brilliance; others are blind, and cannot see at all.
[Occurrences in Barlaam. — In Heb., c. xv., and Arab.; only slight traces in Gr.
Literature. — Kuhn, 21; Weisslovits, 94.]