Jātaka tales are ancient Indian folktales that form a part of Buddhist teaching, telling stories of the Buddha’s past lives. Akin to Aesop’s fables, some strikingly similar, they urge the listener to moral behavior and often, more than that, point a way to real insight. - Summary by Scotty Smith
INTRODUCTIONTHE LITTLE GILDMASTER; THE KING AND THE STICK-GATHERER; KING MAKHĀDEVA’S GREY HAIRS; THE COLD HALF OF THE MONTHTHE FEAST OF THE DEAD; THE MONKEYS AND THE OGRE; THE GUILTY DOGS; THE DISCONTENTED OXTHE PEACOCK’S WOOING; THE FOWLER AND THE QUAILS; THE OLDEST OF THE ANIMALS; THE CRANE AND THE CRABTHE HAUGHTY SLAVE; THE PIGEON AND THE CROW; THE FOOLISH FRIEND; THE STUPID MONKEYSTHE ROBBERS AND THE TREASURE; GREAT KING GOODNESSPRINCE FIVE-WEAPONS; THE BRAHMIN’S SPELLTHE VALUE OF A BROTHER; THE GRATEFUL ANIMALSTHE GREAT DREAMSTHE CONVERTED MISER; THE VALIANT DWARFTHE STOLEN JEWELS; THE TOO-CLEVER MERCHANT; THE LOQUACIOUS BRAHMIN; THE THREE FISHESTHE LUCKY SNEEZE; THE HYPOCRITICAL JACKAL; THE GOLDEN GOOSE; THE GRATEFUL MOUSETHE TREACHEROUS CHAMELEON; THE CUNNING JACKAL; THE FOOLHARDY JACKAL; THE FOOLISH CROWSTHE GREEDY JACKAL CAUGHT; THE RASH MAGICIAN; THE TWO GOOD KINGSTHE GRATEFUL ELEPHANT; THE PET ELEPHANT; THE MONGOOSE AND THE SNAKE; THE JACKAL BETRAYED BY HIS HOWLTHE PENNY-WISE MONKEY; THE INCOMPARABLE ARCHER; THE MAGIC TREASURESTHE ASS IN THE LION’S SKIN; THE PRIEST IN HORSE-TRAPPINGS; INGRATITUDE PUNISHEDTHE GOBLIN CITY; THE TELL-TALE PARROT; THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND; THE FOOLHARDY CROWTHE WOODPECKER, TORTOISE, AND ANTELOPE; THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY; THE BRAHMIN AND THE ACROBAT; THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESETHE STOLEN PLOUGHSHARES; THE HERO’S TASKSDEFEATING THE KING OF DEATH; THE JACKAL’S SPELL; THE JUDAS-TREETHE JUDGEMENTS OF KING MIRROR-FACETHE CRAB AND THE ELEPHANT; THE OWL AS KING; THE ELEPHANT-TRAINER’S LUCK; THE WISHING CUPTHE JACKAL AND THE CROW; THE WOLF’S SABBATH; THE KING AND THE FRUIT-GIRL; THE WOODPECKER AND THE LIONTHE HARE’S SELF-SACRIFICE; UNASKED-FOR ADVICE; THE FLIGHT OF THE BEASTS; THE CONCEITED MENDICANTTHE IMPERMANENCE OF WORLDLY JOYS; THE TESTING OF VIRTUE; A KING’S LIFE SAVED BY SPELLSTHE HERON’S REVENGE; THE LION AND THE BULL; THE QUAIL’S FRIENDS; QUEEN SUSONDĪTHE BETRAYER BETRAYED; THE CAT AND THE COCK; THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALSTHE THEFT OF A SMELL; THE LION IN BAD COMPANY; THE OTTERS AND THE JACKALTHE BRAHMIN AND THE SNAKE; THE BRAHMIN’S REVENGE ON THE MONKEYSTHE MONKEY’S HEROIC SELF-SACRIFICE; THE ADVENTURES OF THE PRINCE AND HIS BROTHERTHE PANTHER AND THE GOAT; THE GRATEFUL PARROTTHE GOBLIN’S GIFTTHE WISE GOAT AND THE JACKAL; THE UNGRATEFUL SONTHE TEN SLAVE-BRETHRENRĀMA AND SĪTĀ; THE WICKED STEP-MOTHERTHE LOST CHARM; THE PRINCE’S WOOING AND THE THRONE OF THE BUDDHASTHE FOLLY OF GARRULITY; THE HAWKS AND THEIR FRIENDSTHE PRINCE WHO COULD NOT LAUGHA LOST FRIEND FOUND BY A SONGKING SIVITHE EVILS OF STRONG DRINKTHE WHITE SIX-TUSKED ELEPHANTTHE THREE WISE BIRDSA KING FINDS HIS FRIEND THROUGH A SONGTHE UGLY BRIDEGROOMTHE NINETEEN PROBLEMS
Jātaka Tales - H. T. Francis - Description and brief content, listen free online on the e-library site at Knigi-Audio.com/en/
