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The Jataka tales is a large collection of Buddhist morality stories in which the Buddha recounts some of his past lives on his long road to enlightenment. Even though they’re a part of the Pali Canon (the Buddhist equivalent of the Bible) and contain words attributed to the Buddha himself, they’re more folktale than religious text and their ...
The Jātaka (Sanskrit for "Birth-Related" or "Birth Stories") are a voluminous body of literature native to the Indian subcontinent which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form.
Learn about the stories and meanings of the Jataka Tales, the previous births of Buddha in various forms. Browse the list of 100 stories with titles, links and images of Tibetan paintings.
- The Theravada Jataka Tales
- The Mahayana Jataka Tales
- The Jataka Tales in Practice and Literature
- Jatakas in World Literature
- Three Jataka Tales
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The oldest and largest collection of Jataka Tales is in the Pali Canon. They are found in the Sutta-pitaka ("basket of sutras") part of the canon, in a section called the Khuddaka Nikaya, and they are presented there as the record of the Buddha's past lives. Some alternative versions of the same stories are scattered about in other parts of the Pal...
What some call the Mahayana Jataka stories are also called the "apocryphal" Jatakas, indicating they come from unknown origins outside the standard collection (the Pali Canon). These stories, usually in Sanskrit, were written over the centuries by many authors. One of the best-known collections of these "apocryphal" works does have a known origin. ...
Through the centuries these stories have been much more than fairy tales. They were, and are, taken very seriously for their moral and spiritual teachings. Like all great myths, the stories are as much about ourselves as they are about the Buddha. As Joseph Campbell said, "Shakespeare said that art is a mirror held up to nature. And that's what it ...
Many of the Jatakas bear a striking resemblance to stories long familiar in the West. For example, the story of Chicken Little—the frightened chicken who thought the sky was falling—is essentially the same story as one of the Pali Jatakas (Jataka 322), in which a frightened monkey thought the sky was falling. As the forest animals scatter in terror...
The Golden MallardLearn about the origins, sources, and meanings of the Jataka Tales, a collection of stories about the past lives of the Buddha in human, animal, and superhuman forms. Explore some of the stories and their adaptations in art, literature, and culture.
Buddhist Tales - Jataka Stories (Volume 1) • Interpreter's Introduction. • From the Storyteller to the Listeners. • Demons in the Desert [The Correct Way of Thinking] • Finding a New Spring [Perseverance] • The Golden Plate [Greed and Honesty] • The Mouse Merchant [Diligence and Gratitude] • The Price Maker [Foolishness] Prince ...
Sep 10, 2023 · Jātaka Tales, selected and edited with Introduction and Notes by H. T. Francis and E. J. Thomas (Cambridge, 1916), in 511 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages. This book has a fine selection from a vast ancient literary genre known as Jataka.
