JATAKA STORIES

OR STORIES OF THE BUDDHA’S FORMER BIRTHS (SELECTED)

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Story 18 -          A goat, which was to be sacrifice by a brahmin, shows signs of great joy and sorrow. It explains the reason for each emotion.        

Story 12 -        Deer in a royal park, to avoid being hunted, decide that lots shall be cast to select a daily victim. The lot having fallen on a doe big with young, the king of the deer offers himself as a substitude at the block and saves not only his own life but also the lives of all living creatures.

Story 23 -         A charger falls wounded when his rider has captured six out of seven kings. Seeing that a hack is being saddled again, makes a last effort and dies in the hour of victory.

Story 27-         An elephant missing his playmate, the dog, refuses to eat until the dog is restored to him.