Jakata Tale
Monica Tran
March 1st, 2014
12:00pm-1:15pm
Hum 1A
Trost
Jataka Tales: Golden Goose The Jataka is a book that consists of 547 tales. This book is believed to be a series of event that the Buddha has gone through in his many lives. These tales provide multiple lessons in means to engage the audience to the Buddha’s messages, “…enable the Buddha’s common followers to commemorate and reflect on his exemplary life (lives)…” and is an object of meditation and/or philosophical analysis. The Jataka tales are all from one common ground, the law of karma. The law of karma basically states that if you have done wrong in your lifetime, you will reincarnate into another life to work off your wrong doings from your previous life. If you have done good deeds, which overweigh your bad deeds, you will reach a state of salvation and will not have to go through another life cycle. The tale of The Golden Goose starts off as the Buddha born as a brahmana. A brahmana is a member of the Hindu caste group of hereditary priests and scholars. He had a family of five consisting of himself, his wife, and three daughters. His life as a brahmana ended, and began once again as a golden goose. Since he was reincarnated into the golden goose, his previous life still remains in his memory. He remembered his family, and how hard their life was living in poverty. In order to help his wife and daughters get by, the golden goose would pluck a golden feather off everyday to insure that they will live at ease. One day, his wife and daughters asked where he came from and he told them he was their father who had died. His wife did not believe him, and thought that he was just a measly animal she shouldn’t trust. One golden feather a day wasn’t enough for her and she wanted more. She wanted to be rich, and one feather wouldn’t do the job. She decided to take the golden goose and pluck it’s golden feathers one by one until it was all gone just to find out that it wasn’t golden anymore. It
March 1st, 2014
12:00pm-1:15pm
Hum 1A
Trost
Jataka Tales: Golden Goose The Jataka is a book that consists of 547 tales. This book is believed to be a series of event that the Buddha has gone through in his many lives. These tales provide multiple lessons in means to engage the audience to the Buddha’s messages, “…enable the Buddha’s common followers to commemorate and reflect on his exemplary life (lives)…” and is an object of meditation and/or philosophical analysis. The Jataka tales are all from one common ground, the law of karma. The law of karma basically states that if you have done wrong in your lifetime, you will reincarnate into another life to work off your wrong doings from your previous life. If you have done good deeds, which overweigh your bad deeds, you will reach a state of salvation and will not have to go through another life cycle. The tale of The Golden Goose starts off as the Buddha born as a brahmana. A brahmana is a member of the Hindu caste group of hereditary priests and scholars. He had a family of five consisting of himself, his wife, and three daughters. His life as a brahmana ended, and began once again as a golden goose. Since he was reincarnated into the golden goose, his previous life still remains in his memory. He remembered his family, and how hard their life was living in poverty. In order to help his wife and daughters get by, the golden goose would pluck a golden feather off everyday to insure that they will live at ease. One day, his wife and daughters asked where he came from and he told them he was their father who had died. His wife did not believe him, and thought that he was just a measly animal she shouldn’t trust. One golden feather a day wasn’t enough for her and she wanted more. She wanted to be rich, and one feather wouldn’t do the job. She decided to take the golden goose and pluck it’s golden feathers one by one until it was all gone just to find out that it wasn’t golden anymore. It