Reading Notes: Inayat's Jataka Tales, Part A

Reading Notes: Inayat's Jataka Tales, Part A

(Lots of Animals)

Story Source: Twenty Jataka Tales by Door Inayat (1939)

The Monkey-Bridge
  • king wants mango
  • "your life is but little to give if in giving you secure the happiness of your people."
  • "rule them through love because they are your children"
The Guilty Dogs
  • Buddha prevents guilty dogs from being spared if it meant innocent ones were destroyed
  • "eyes so full of love they did not dare touch him"
  • Justice when king was trying to favor his known dogs
  • all the city dogs got food and pets forever
Banyan
  • this sounds like an animal rights activist story
The Tortoise and the Geese
  • teach the king a lesson, same turtle dying story bc he couldn't keep from talking
The Fairy and the Hare
  • feed the poor
  • don't be selfish
The Golden Feathers
  • animal rights
  • freedom lets people grow
The Young Parrot
  • taking care of the elderly and family
The Empty Lake
  • why are these all animals
  • love won
  • voices important
The Swan Kingdom

  • Lake Manasa
  • swans

The Master's Test

  • humans
  • test

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