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Re:Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentien... by emptysongglass on Monday November 22, 2021 @04:45AM (#29304605)
On the rats, no.

Thank you for this story. I wasn't able to find it myself. Do you have a link?

I did find the story of Thera Cakkhupala, a blind monk who was observed treading on insects [1] but because he was blind and could not see them was blameless. Could this be the story you were thinking of?

[1] http://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=001

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Re:Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentien... by hdjjhhvvhga on Monday November 22, 2021 @09:07AM (#29306407)
No, it was definitely another one, and it mentioned Arhats. I heard it from a Tibetan teacher in the context of clarification of the origin of some Vinaya rules all monks should obey, so I assume the story comes from a sutra from the Kanjur, but I was unable to locate it in any of the sutras I've read so far (very few, actually).
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