Category Archives: JATAKA TALES
40. The Bodhisatta – As A Flying Horse
Once upon a time, a goblin town called Sirisavatthu was in Ceylon. She goblins lived there. When a ship wrecked, these goblins decorated themselves, they come up to the merchants. Then approaching the merchants they invite them to eat the gruel, rice, and other food which they bring. The merchants, all unaware, eat of what is offered. When they have eaten and drunken, and are taking their rest, the goblins address them thus; “Where do you live? Where do you come from? Where are you going, and what brought you here?” “We were shipwrecked here,” they reply.
39. The Bodhisatta – As a Fairy – Deer Couple
Once upon a time in the kingdom of Magadha the king was reigning in Rajagaha. When the crops were grown the deer were exposed to great perils, so that they retired to the forest. Now a certain mountain-stag of the forest, having become attached to a doe who came from near a village. He was moved by his love for her to accompany her when the deer returned home from the forest. She said, “Sir! You are a simple stag of the forest, and the neighbourhood of village is beset with peril and danger. So don’t come down with us.” But because of his great love for her, he went with her.
38. The Bodhisatta – As A Drummer
Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta came to life as a drummer, and dwelt in a village. Hearing that there was to be a festival at Benares, and hoping to make money by playing his drum to the crowds of holiday makers, he made his way to the city, with his son.
37. The Bodhisatta – As a dog
Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the result of a past act of the Bodhisatta was that he came to life as a dog. He lived as the head of several hundred dogs in a great cemetery.
One day, the king rode in his chariot drawn by milk-white horses. After amusing himself all the day in the grounds, the king came back to the city after sunset.
