In those days, there was a merchant. He was traveling with five hundreds carts. While his caravan was in a desert, they traveled only in the night. This caravan was conducted by a navigator. When there was only sixteen kilometers left before the destination, the merchant ordered his followers to abandoned all water and firewood, [...]
April 30th, 2009 | Posted in Jataka Tales | No Comments
In those days, there was a wise merchant preparing to travel to a back country with five hundreds carts filled with merchandise. He saw that another merchant, who was foolish, was preparing five hundreds carts filled with merchandise also. The wise merchant thought that if he travel together with the foolish merchant, there would be [...]
April 29th, 2009 | Posted in Jataka Tales | No Comments
In this millions year period, there were four Buddhas: Kakusandha Buddha, Konagamana Buddha, Kassapa Buddha, and our latest Buddha, Gautama Buddha. Kakusandha Buddha had foretold that Khema, the king who offered great alms with robes and medicines to Kakusandha Buddha, would be a Gautama Buddha in the future. In the age of Konagamana Buddha. There [...]
April 25th, 2009 | Posted in Jataka Tales | No Comments
About five millions years passed, there was a new Buddha named Vipassi Buddha. Our Gautama Buddha was a great Naga named Atula. He had much power. He offered a golden stool decorated with seven types of crystals to Vipassi Buddha. Vipassi Buddha had fortold that the great Naga would be Gautama Buddha in ninety one [...]
April 24th, 2009 | Posted in Jataka Tales | 3 Comments
After Dhammadassi Buddha had left his earthy body for about ninety millions years, there was a new Buddha named Siddhattha. Mangala was a powerful hermit. He offered java plums to Siddhattha Buddha. After Siddhattha Buddha had eaten the plums, he foretold that, about ninety four millions years from that time, Mangala would be Gautama Buddha. [...]
April 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Jataka Tales | No Comments