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Buddhist tradition (trad.)
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Jataka Tales
- IDEA 1
Lives before the Buddha
The Jatakas are over 500 stories of the Buddha's earlier lives as animals and people, each showing one virtue in action.
- IDEA 2
The monkey king's bridge
A monkey king stretches his own body across a river so his troop can escape. A watching king learns that leading means serving.
- IDEA 3
The hare in the moon
A hare with nothing else to give offers itself to feed a hungry traveller. The story says its image was placed on the moon to honour that gift.
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