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The Jãtaka: "The Cheating Merchant", "The Monkey's Heroic Self-Sacrifice", And "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice"
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The three jãtakas in our literature book are: "The Cheating
Merchant," "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice" and "The Monkey's Heroic Self-
Sacrifice." The jãtakas are stories about the lives of the Bodhisatta, who
in each life moves closer to being an enlightened being or a Buddha.
In "The Cheating Merchant," the B.... Part 2 of Paper
....s (a monkey, a jackal, and an
otter) how to observe the holy day. (p. 952) He tells them to sacrifice
their food to beggars, and the one who honors this will be rewarded.
On fast day, the otter steals seven fish that a fisherman had
buried while he was fishing. The otter pretends asks three times if anyone
owns the fish. No one comes forward, so the otter takes the fish home.
Meanwhile, the jackal is out looking for food and finds some in the house
of a field watcher: two spits, a lizard and a.... |
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