Chapter 47 deliberately links its content to the preceding chapter to maintain a continuous narrative for the audience. The text explicitly tells listeners to "follow the connection with the previous story attentively." It then recaps the end of the prior chapter, reminding the audience that they "heard the story of the goats." As explained in Chapter 47, Baba’s affection for the goats was due to his memory of their past lives. The chapter uses this theme of karmic memory as a transition to introduce its own primary story, which it announces will be about "how the extreme state Of greed for wealth leads to a downfall," thus creating a thematic and narrative bridge.
How does Chapter 47 connect its narrative to the events of the previous chapter?
📖 Chapter 47