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Read Ebook: Buddhist birth stories; or Jataka tales Volume 1 by Fausb Ll V Viggo Editor Childers Robert C Sar Translator Davids T W Rhys Thomas William Rhys Translator
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TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION. PAGE
Orthodox Buddhist belief concerning it. Two reasons for the value attached to it i-iv
Selected Stories.--1. The Ass in the Lion's Skin v
The Kalilag and Damnag Literature xxix
Origin of 'AEsop's' Fables xxxii
The Barlaam and Josaphat Literature xxxvi
Other Migrations of the Buddhist Tales xli
Greek and Buddhist Fables xliii
Solomon's Judgment xliv
J?takas derived from the P?li Pi?akas lii
J?takas in the Cariy? Pi?aka and J?taka M?l? liii
J?takas in the Buddhava?sa lv
J?takas at the Council of Ves?li lvii
J?takas on the Ancient Sculptures lix
The P?li Names of the J?takas lx
The J?takas one of the Nava?g?ni lxii
Authorship of our present Collection lxiii
J?takas not included in our present Collection lxvii
J?takas in post-Buddhistic Sanskrit Literature lxviii
Form of the J?takas.--The Introductory Stories lxxiv
The Conclusions lxxv
The Abhisambuddha-g?th?, or Verses in the Conclusion lxxvi
Divisions of the J?taka Book lxxix
Actual Number of the Stories lxxxi
Summary of the Origin of the Present Collection lxxxii
Special Lessons inculcated by the Birth Stories lxxxv
Special Historical Value of the Birth Stories lxxxvi
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES.
Story of Sumedha, the First Bodisat 2
The Successive Bodisats in the Times of the Previous Buddhas 31
Life of the Last Bodisat 58
His Descent from Heaven 59
His Birth 67
Song of the Angels 69
Prophecy of K??a Devala 70
Prophecy of the Br?hman Priests 72
The Ploughing Festival 75
The Young Bodisat's Skill and Wisdom 76
The Four Visions 77
The Bodisat's Son is Born 79
Kis? Gotam?'s Song 80
The Great Renunciation 82
The Great Struggle against Sin 89
The Great Victory over Satan 96
The Bliss of Nirv?na 105
The Hesitation whether to Publish the Good News 111
The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness 113
Uruvela Kassapa's Conversion 114
Triumphal Entrance into R?jagaha 116
Foundation of the Order 119
Return Home 121
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