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Jātaka Tales

Jātaka Tales

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Number of Chapters: 47

Length: 15 hours and 20 minutes

Language: English

Jātaka tales are ancient Indian folktales that form a part of Buddhist teaching, telling stories of the Buddha’s past lives. Akin to Aesop’s fables, some strikingly similar, they urge the listener to moral behavior and often, more than that, point a way to real insight. - Summary by Scotty Smith

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INTRODUCTION (Scotty Smith)
THE LITTLE GILDMASTER; THE KING AND THE STICK-GATHERER; KING MAKHĀDEVA’S GREY HAIRS; THE COLD HALF OF THE MONTH (Scotty Smith)
THE FEAST OF THE DEAD; THE MONKEYS AND THE OGRE; THE GUILTY DOGS; THE DISCONTENTED OX (Scotty Smith)
THE PEACOCK’S WOOING; THE FOWLER AND THE QUAILS; THE OLDEST OF THE ANIMALS; THE CRANE AND THE CRAB (Scotty Smith)
THE HAUGHTY SLAVE; THE PIGEON AND THE CROW; THE FOOLISH FRIEND; THE STUPID MONKEYS (Scotty Smith)
THE ROBBERS AND THE TREASURE; GREAT KING GOODNESS (Scotty Smith)
PRINCE FIVE-WEAPONS; THE BRAHMIN’S SPELL (Scotty Smith)
THE VALUE OF A BROTHER; THE GRATEFUL ANIMALS (Scotty Smith)
THE GREAT DREAMS (Scotty Smith)
THE CONVERTED MISER; THE VALIANT DWARF (Scotty Smith)
THE STOLEN JEWELS; THE TOO-CLEVER MERCHANT; THE LOQUACIOUS BRAHMIN; THE THREE FISHES (Scotty Smith)
THE LUCKY SNEEZE; THE HYPOCRITICAL JACKAL; THE GOLDEN GOOSE; THE GRATEFUL MOUSE (Scotty Smith)
THE TREACHEROUS CHAMELEON; THE CUNNING JACKAL; THE FOOLHARDY JACKAL; THE FOOLISH CROWS (Scotty Smith)
THE GREEDY JACKAL CAUGHT; THE RASH MAGICIAN; THE TWO GOOD KINGS (Scotty Smith)
THE GRATEFUL ELEPHANT; THE PET ELEPHANT; THE MONGOOSE AND THE SNAKE; THE JACKAL BETRAYED BY HIS HOWL (Scotty Smith)
THE PENNY-WISE MONKEY; THE INCOMPARABLE ARCHER; THE MAGIC TREASURES (Scotty Smith)
THE ASS IN THE LION’S SKIN; THE PRIEST IN HORSE-TRAPPINGS; INGRATITUDE PUNISHED (Scotty Smith)
THE GOBLIN CITY; THE TELL-TALE PARROT; THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND; THE FOOLHARDY CROW (Scotty Smith)
THE WOODPECKER, TORTOISE, AND ANTELOPE; THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY; THE BRAHMIN AND THE ACROBAT; THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE (Scotty Smith)
THE STOLEN PLOUGHSHARES; THE HERO’S TASKS (Scotty Smith)
DEFEATING THE KING OF DEATH; THE JACKAL’S SPELL; THE JUDAS-TREE (Scotty Smith)
THE JUDGEMENTS OF KING MIRROR-FACE (Scotty Smith)
THE CRAB AND THE ELEPHANT; THE OWL AS KING; THE ELEPHANT-TRAINER’S LUCK; THE WISHING CUP (Scotty Smith)
THE JACKAL AND THE CROW; THE WOLF’S SABBATH; THE KING AND THE FRUIT-GIRL; THE WOODPECKER AND THE LION (Scotty Smith)
THE HARE’S SELF-SACRIFICE; UNASKED-FOR ADVICE; THE FLIGHT OF THE BEASTS; THE CONCEITED MENDICANT (Scotty Smith)
THE IMPERMANENCE OF WORLDLY JOYS; THE TESTING OF VIRTUE; A KING’S LIFE SAVED BY SPELLS (Scotty Smith)
THE HERON’S REVENGE; THE LION AND THE BULL; THE QUAIL’S FRIENDS; QUEEN SUSONDĪ (Scotty Smith)
THE BETRAYER BETRAYED; THE CAT AND THE COCK; THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS (Scotty Smith)
THE THEFT OF A SMELL; THE LION IN BAD COMPANY; THE OTTERS AND THE JACKAL (Scotty Smith)
THE BRAHMIN AND THE SNAKE; THE BRAHMIN’S REVENGE ON THE MONKEYS (Scotty Smith)
THE MONKEY’S HEROIC SELF-SACRIFICE; THE ADVENTURES OF THE PRINCE AND HIS BROTHER (Scotty Smith)
THE PANTHER AND THE GOAT; THE GRATEFUL PARROT (Scotty Smith)
THE GOBLIN’S GIFT (Scotty Smith)
THE WISE GOAT AND THE JACKAL; THE UNGRATEFUL SON (Scotty Smith)
THE TEN SLAVE-BRETHREN (Scotty Smith)
RĀMA AND SĪTĀ; THE WICKED STEP-MOTHER (Scotty Smith)
THE LOST CHARM; THE PRINCE’S WOOING AND THE THRONE OF THE BUDDHAS (Scotty Smith)
THE FOLLY OF GARRULITY; THE HAWKS AND THEIR FRIENDS (Scotty Smith)
THE PRINCE WHO COULD NOT LAUGH (Scotty Smith)
A LOST FRIEND FOUND BY A SONG (Scotty Smith)
KING SIVI (Scotty Smith)
THE EVILS OF STRONG DRINK (Scotty Smith)
THE WHITE SIX-TUSKED ELEPHANT (Scotty Smith)
THE THREE WISE BIRDS (Scotty Smith)
A KING FINDS HIS FRIEND THROUGH A SONG (Scotty Smith)
THE UGLY BRIDEGROOM (Scotty Smith)
THE NINETEEN PROBLEMS (Scotty Smith)
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