Nandivisala Jataka The Buddha told this story at Jetavana about the bitter words spoken by a group of Six. When disagreeing with respected monks they used to speak words that taunted, reviled, and belittled them. They heaped ten kinds of abuse on them. This was reported to the Buddha who sent for them and asked them whether this was true. When they admitted they had done evil he admonished them, saying: "monks, harsh words cut even animals; so in bygone days an animal made a man lose a thousand pieces for speaking abusive words to him." Then he told the monks this story from the past. Story of the past Once at Takkasila in the land of Gandhara where a king ruled, the Bodhisatta was born as a bull. While still a tiny calf he was given to a brahmin holy man.
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