Kacchapajātaka

The Tortoise

“The Tortoise needs must speak”—This is a story told by the Master while staying in Jetavana, about Kokalika. The circumstances which gave rise to it will be set forth under the Mahatakkari Birth. Here again the Master said: “This is not the only time, Brethren, that Kokalika has been ruined by talking; it was the same before.” And then he told the story as follows.