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. [...]

006.3 – Deva Dharma (part 3)

[Continued from the previous part] The water demon saw that Mahissasa didn’t went into the pond, so it impersonated a worker. It said to Mahissasa, “Tired people, why don’t you go down into this pond, take a bath, drink water, and eat some lotus rootstock ?” Mahissasa knew that it actually was a water demon. [...]

006.2 – Deva Dharma (part 2)

[Continued from the previous part] In those days, there was a king of Varanasi named Phrommadatta. His queen had a son named Mahissasa. One of his concubine also gave a birth to a son named Chanta. When the queen passed away, he appointed his most favourite concubine as a new queen. The new queen also [...]

Hollow Reed Grass

In those days, there was a water demon living in a lotus pond. It had eaten many humans and animals that went into the pond. One day, there was a group of monkeys, which had about eighty thousand monkeys. This group was leaded by a great monkey. The great monkey said to all monkeys “Normally, [...]