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Description:Excerpt from Buddhist Birth Stories, Vol. 1: Or Jātaka Tales, the Oldest Collection of Folk-Lore Extant IT is well known that amongst the Buddhist Scriptures there is one book in which a large number Of Old stories, fables, and fairy tales, lie enshrined in an edifying commentary; and have thus been preserved for the study and amusement of later times. How this came about is not at present quite certain. The belief of orthodox Buddhists on the subject is this. The Buddha, as occa sion arose, was accustomed throughout his long career to explain and comment on the events happening around him, by telling Of similar events that had occurred in his own previous births. The experience, not Of one lifetime only, but of many lives, was always present to his mind; and it was this experience he so Often used to point a moral, or adorn a tale. The stories so told are said to have been reverently learnt and repeated by his disciples; and immediately after his death 550 Of them were gathered together in one collection, called the Book Of the 550 J atakae or Births; the commentary to which gives for each J Etaka, or Birth Story, an. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Buddhist Birth Stories, Vol. 1: Or J?taka Tales, the Oldest Collection of Folk-Lore Extant (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Buddhist Birth Stories, Vol. 1: Or J?taka Tales, the Oldest Collection of Folk-Lore Extant (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Buddhist Birth Stories, Vol. 1: Or Jātaka Tales, the Oldest Collection of Folk-Lore Extant IT is well known that amongst the Buddhist Scriptures there is one book in which a large number Of Old stories, fables, and fairy tales, lie enshrined in an edifying commentary; and have thus been preserved for the study and amusement of later times. How this came about is not at present quite certain. The belief of orthodox Buddhists on the subject is this. The Buddha, as occa sion arose, was accustomed throughout his long career to explain and comment on the events happening around him, by telling Of similar events that had occurred in his own previous births. The experience, not Of one lifetime only, but of many lives, was always present to his mind; and it was this experience he so Often used to point a moral, or adorn a tale. The stories so told are said to have been reverently learnt and repeated by his disciples; and immediately after his death 550 Of them were gathered together in one collection, called the Book Of the 550 J atakae or Births; the commentary to which gives for each J Etaka, or Birth Story, an. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Buddhist Birth Stories, Vol. 1: Or J?taka Tales, the Oldest Collection of Folk-Lore Extant (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Buddhist Birth Stories, Vol. 1: Or J?taka Tales, the Oldest Collection of Folk-Lore Extant (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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