Jataka Tales

20 07, 2017

The Monkey and the Crocodile – Jataka Tales

By |2017-07-20T17:57:47-07:00July 20th, 2017|India, Literature|Comments Off on The Monkey and the Crocodile – Jataka Tales

A monkey eating a mango Crocodile's mother asked him to bring her Monkey's heart to eat, so Crocodile tried to trick Monkey and get his heart. "Hey Monkey!" he said, "Let me [...]

20 07, 2017

Jataka Tales – Buddhist stories from India

By |2019-10-14T14:08:52-07:00July 20th, 2017|India, Literature|Comments Off on Jataka Tales – Buddhist stories from India

Jataka tales: the Crab and the Crane (Thanks to Alan Murphy) What are Jataka tales? During the 300s BC, when the Mauryan Empire was first uniting northern India, Buddhist monks and nuns in India began to tell stories [...]

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