010 – Divine happiness

In those days, there was a Brahmin who was born in high rank family. He realized the disadvantage of desires so he renounced his position, went into Himmapan forest to become a hermit and practice meditation. After he had succeeded the highest level of meditation, he accepted many disciples until he had five hundreds disciples. [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

005 – The new royal appraiser

In those days, there was a royal appraiser. He worked for the king of Varanasi. He expert on estimating value of elephants and horses. However, the king was so stingy. He thought “If this appraiser still does his work, the royal asset will be exhausted. I’ll look for another man to do this job instead.” [...]

004 – The mouse millionaire