Archive for May, 2009


008 – Kamani

[This story will be repeated with more detail in chapter 462] One day, while the Buddha was in the Jetawan temple, he knew that one monk would give up his attempt to be enlighten. So he told the story of Kamani as follows: Kamani is the youngest brother of one hundred sons of the king. [...]

007.2 – The wood cutter (part 2)

[Continued from the previous part] The wood cutter said “My majesty, I have no other witness or evidence except the truth. I will throw my son into the air. If this boy is your son, may he float in the air. But if this boy isn’t your son, may he fell to death on the [...]

007.1 – The wood cutter (part 1)

In those days, while a king of Varanasi was traveling in the royal forest, he saw a woman. She was singing while cutting wood. The king fell in love with her and made love with her. The wood cutter feel that her womb is full and heavy so she told the king “My majesty, I’ve [...]

Vipassi Buddha

Vipassi Buddha is the nineteenth Buddha of twenty-four Buddhas who had foretold about Gautama Buddha. Vipassi Buddha was born as a son of king Panduma who throned Pandumadee. He was born with extremely good eye vision. Whether day or night, he could saw everything in sixteen kilometers radius. We need to blink our eyes every [...]

006.4 – Deva Dharma (part 4)

[Continued from the previous part] Mahissasa then longly explained many aspects of shame of sins. After the explanation had ended, the water demon offered “Look, noble man. I’m admired you. I I’ll release one of your brother. Please choose which one you want.” “So please give me my youngest brother.” Mahissasa said. “Look, noble man. [...]