Parables of Wisdom
The Dog That Got Angry
गुस्सैल कुत्ता · ગુસ્સે થયેલો કૂતરો
Moti growls at everyone, until anger leaves him stuck in the rain
- 4 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- For all ages
Moti is the street dog of a housing society in Ahmedabad, and when a small new puppy arrives he grows angrier every day. A girl named Nisha and her grandfather watch to see what anger will do to him.
What it teaches Anger Forgiveness Kshama
The opening of the children's telling
Moti was a brown dog who lived by the gate of a big building. Every morning Nisha and her Dadaji brought him warm rotlis, and Moti wagged his tail.
One rainy day a tiny black puppy came. Nisha called him Bholu, and she gave him a little piece of rotli too. But Moti did not like that. "Grrr!" he growled. "That is my food!"
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To carry into the day
Anger burns the one who holds it; forgiveness lets it cool.
To talk about together
What helps you to calm down when you feel angry?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.