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Jataka Tales: Selected and Edited with Introduction and Notes (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Jataka Tales: Selected and Edited With Introduction and Notes This is generally an account of some incident in the life of the historic Buddha, such as an act of disobedience or folly among the brethren of the Order, the discussion of a question of ethics, or an instance of eminent virtue. Buddha then tells a Story of the Past, an event in one of his previous existences which explains the present incident as a repetition of the former one, or as a parallel case, and shews the moral consequences. About the ...

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Jataka Tales: Selected and Edited with Introduction and Notes (Classic Reprint) 2018, Forgotten Books

ISBN-13: 9780260146779

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Jataka Tales: Selected and Edited with Introduction and Notes (Classic Reprint) 2018, Forgotten Books

ISBN-13: 9781331151319

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