Reading Notes: Extra Credit Jatakas
1. Extra Jatakas
A. The Pious Wolf
This story can be found in The Pious Wolf, and it begins by describing a large flood and a wolf sleeping on the top of a large rock. The Wolf awoke and found himself trapped without any food. Since the day was Friday, he remembered that people fasted during this day, so he began praying. He thought highly of himself because he was praying and acting like a pious Wolf. A Fairy was flying by and noticed his words of self-righteousness and wanted to see if his fasting was genuine. She turned herself into a Kid and landed on the rock. The Wolf immediately said he can wait and fast tomorrow and forgot to keep praying. The Kid jumped off the rock and turned back into a Fairy, and she cursed the Wolf and made him stay on the rock and fast for a week.
B. The Wise Physician
Kisagotami, a woman married to a wealthy man, has one child but died when it grew to run. She carried the dead child in mourning and went to many houses asking for medicine. A Buddhist doctor finally told her about the Buddha giving her medicine, so she went to Gautama to speak with the Teacher. The Teacher said he has some, and asked her to go find some mustard-seed from a house where nobody has died. The woman did not find a house that has had no deaths, so she went back to the Teacher, he told her that "the living are few, but the dead are many." After learning this lesson, she became a disciple and entered the first Path.
2. Hero and Heroine Comic Books
Savitri: The Perfect Wife
This story/comic stuck out to me because of its title; I strive to be a perfect wife someday. The story begins with a king prays to the God Savitr in order to give him a son, and he gives him a daughter named Savitri (she was born out of devotion). She is beautiful and pure, but is so intimidating that nobody asks for her hand in marriage. The king tells her to find her own husband, she sets out of a journey to find Satyavan (son of a blind king). Her father says she has made a bad decision because she king is now a forrest-dweller, but she marries him anyways. While Satyavan was splitting wood, Yama, the God of Death, carries his soul away. She was so devoted to her gods that Yama granted her a boon except for the life of her husband back, but then grants her his life again. Although I did find the story, I read and analyzed this particular story on Wikipedia.
A. The Pious Wolf
This story can be found in The Pious Wolf, and it begins by describing a large flood and a wolf sleeping on the top of a large rock. The Wolf awoke and found himself trapped without any food. Since the day was Friday, he remembered that people fasted during this day, so he began praying. He thought highly of himself because he was praying and acting like a pious Wolf. A Fairy was flying by and noticed his words of self-righteousness and wanted to see if his fasting was genuine. She turned herself into a Kid and landed on the rock. The Wolf immediately said he can wait and fast tomorrow and forgot to keep praying. The Kid jumped off the rock and turned back into a Fairy, and she cursed the Wolf and made him stay on the rock and fast for a week.
Illustration of the Pious Wolf and the Fairy
B. The Wise Physician
Kisagotami, a woman married to a wealthy man, has one child but died when it grew to run. She carried the dead child in mourning and went to many houses asking for medicine. A Buddhist doctor finally told her about the Buddha giving her medicine, so she went to Gautama to speak with the Teacher. The Teacher said he has some, and asked her to go find some mustard-seed from a house where nobody has died. The woman did not find a house that has had no deaths, so she went back to the Teacher, he told her that "the living are few, but the dead are many." After learning this lesson, she became a disciple and entered the first Path.
2. Hero and Heroine Comic Books
Savitri: The Perfect Wife
This story/comic stuck out to me because of its title; I strive to be a perfect wife someday. The story begins with a king prays to the God Savitr in order to give him a son, and he gives him a daughter named Savitri (she was born out of devotion). She is beautiful and pure, but is so intimidating that nobody asks for her hand in marriage. The king tells her to find her own husband, she sets out of a journey to find Satyavan (son of a blind king). Her father says she has made a bad decision because she king is now a forrest-dweller, but she marries him anyways. While Satyavan was splitting wood, Yama, the God of Death, carries his soul away. She was so devoted to her gods that Yama granted her a boon except for the life of her husband back, but then grants her his life again. Although I did find the story, I read and analyzed this particular story on Wikipedia.
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