Reading Notes: Inayat's Jataka Tales, Part B
Story Source: Story Source: Twenty Jataka Tales by Door Inayat (1939)
The Two Pigs
- lady puts pigs in basket and raises them
- men try to eat them
- lesson accept fate don't fight karma
- Buddha as Muhatundila the pig
- monkey trying to make buffalo mad
- why punish monkey for having small brain
- why make someone else suffer to make you happy?
- story idea: Lessons acted out in real life situation
The Sarabha
- King hunting for beautiful deer
- reminds me of golden deer from ramayana
- king fell into chasm and deer saved him
- no more hunting
The Goblin Town
- women are goblins, unicorn takes them away
The Great Elephant
- Elephant sacrificed his life so that the men could live
The Quarrelsome Quails
- the fighting birds got distracted and didn't see the danger in front of them
The Forest Fire
- Quail babies
- forest fire
- baby quail controlled fire?
The End of the World
- hare world ending story
The Golden Geese
- Gold king goose made friend with human king
- gold goose gave king wise advice that time is the only thing that flies faster than the gold goose
- words of men are not as true as roar of lion
The Noble Horse
- Benares, India
- horse gave kingdom advice to release prisoners
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