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Buddhist tradition (trad.)

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Jataka Tales

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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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