Kawi Bana Mp33/25/2021
This collection of some 550 anecdotes and fables depicts earlier incarnations of Siddhartha Gautama.In all these Buddha Gotama practiced the Dhamma most sincerely; he overcame all difficulties, achieved victory over his adversary and finally attained the supreme status of the Fully-Enlightened One.
In this life, he practiced Dana Parama, the perfection of generosity. Paramitas, perfections, the essential factors for attainment of the Buddha-hood, which he had been practicing for many lives, reach their fruition only in this Vessantara life. In the first birth of these Jatakas, Temiya-jataka, the Bodhisatta appears as a prince who avoids being called to the throne and pretends to be dumb. Second life, Janaka-jataka, he is the son of a monarch killed in a war against a younger brother, and is born in exile. In the third Jataka, Suvabba jataka, he is born of blind parents, leading an ascetic life. The fourth Jataka, Nemi-jataka, deals with his life as the teacher Nemirja. The fifth Jataka, Mahosadha-jataka, concerns his birth as a wise counselor and judge. In the sixth Jataka, Bhuridatta-jataka, he is a Nga king who comes on earth to practice Sla, precepts. In the seventh Jataka, Chandakumra-jataka, he is born as prince Chandakumra, the son of a great king. In the eighth birth, Nemi-jataka, the Bodhisatta is a king who gives away all he had in alms and then, leaving the throne, goes to the forest where he lived as a hermit. In the ninth birth, Vidhura-jataka, the Bodhisatta is born as Vidhrapandita. He is popular and wise and acts as a teacher and adviser to the king. In the tenth Jataka, Vessantara-jataka, being born as Vessantara, he typifies man reaching the zenith of his evolutional march towards moral and intellectual perfection and fits to cross the last gap that separates him from Buddha-hood. This last birth before he was reborn in Tusita is called Great Birth (Pannyawamsa, Ven. Sengpan, 2007, The Tham Vessantara-jataka, PhD Dissertation, Published online).
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