The mouse millionaire

In those days, there was a millionaire who expert on auspicious time calculation. One day in a morning, while he went to see a king, he found a dead mouse on the road. He calculated and said to himself “Who sell this mouse would have a better life.” A servant heard that, so he took [...]

The worry of the big fish

A long long time ago, there was a big fish swimming happily with it’s wife. The big fish finally stuck with fisherman’s net. After a while, the fisherman brought the net and put it on the beach, began preparing fire. Instead of worrying about itself, the big fish was much worried about it’s wife. It [...]

The tricky peddler and the honest peddler

A long long time ago, there was two jewelry peddlers. They always traveled together. One day, they came to the same district. One entered the district from the west, and one entered from the east. The peddler from western arrived first at the home of poor old woman, who lived with her granddaughter. The granddaughter [...]

Introduction to Jataka Tales (Chadok Tales)

For Buddhism, all people, all animals, and all lives are in a cycle of rebirth and death. Most people are stick with pleasure (Karma) so that they can’t get out of this cycle. The Buddha is the one who can deeply realized the cycle and can get out of the cycle by put his mind [...]