The Water Demons’s Question

In those days, the king of Baranasi had two sons with the queen. Their names were Prince Mahissasakumara and Prince Chantakumara. After the queen had passed away, he married a new queen and had a new son named Suriyakumara. At the time new son was born, the king told the queen that she could ask [...]

The Royal Appraisal Officer

In the Baranasi city, there was an expert royal appraisal officer. He could accurately evaluate things for many years. However, the king was very stingy. He thought that the officers buy royal property with too high price. One day, the king saw a countryman walked passed the palace. The king thought “This man looks so [...]

Honey Flavor

A long long time ago, there was a chamois searching for food near the royal garden. A garden keeper saw that, so he dropped honey on grass and tree leaves, making way to the garden. The chamois started licking honey from grass, leaves until it arrived in the garden. The garden keeper dabbed honey onto [...]

Hermit’s happiness

One of previous lives of the Buddha, he had ever been a hermit master. The hermit master succeeded in the highest level of meditation and had a lot of followers. Once, in the rainy season, he, with his followers, moved and stayed in the royal garden. When the rainy season passed, the king asked him [...]