With Wings that Fly Not

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The Jātaka Tales, the voluminous body of folklore-like literature concerning the previous births (jāti) of the Buddha comprises 547 poems, arranged roughly by increasing number of verses. According to Professor von Hinüber, only the last 50 were intended to be intelligible by themselves. Now, this one, With Wings that Fly Not, I really understand not. Perhaps, someone would be kind to explain to me the moral of the story.

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Liudmila said…
Interesting. I don't know this story and do not understand everything in english here. Have to read it in other language tomorrow.
December 5, 2007 at 2:05 PM
footiam said…
I don't understand this video too. I still hope someone will write a commentary here to explain.
December 19, 2007 at 2:07 AM
thuanhee said…
A year has passed and i assumed you have found the answer. The jataka tales is a collections of the previous births of the Buddha(Gautama) perfecting the virtues of a Buddha. Since it is a later addition to the Three Baskets of the Buddha's Teaching, many scholars tend to agree that they are not the actual words spoken by the Buddha. I particularly like the story of the Buddha born as a hare where he perfected the act of dana.
December 22, 2008 at 9:47 AM
thuanhee said…
A year has passed and i assumed you have found the answer. The jataka tales is a collections of the previous births of the Buddha(Gautama) perfecting the virtues of a Buddha. Since it is a later addition to the Three Baskets of the Buddha's Teaching, many scholars tend to agree that they are not the actual words spoken by the Buddha. I particularly like the story of the Buddha born as a hare where he perfected the act of dana.
December 22, 2008 at 9:49 AM
thuanhee said…
A year has passed and i assumed you have found the answer. The jataka tales is a collections of the previous births of the Buddha(Gautama) perfecting the virtues of a Buddha. Since it is a later addition to the Three Baskets of the Buddha's Teaching, many scholars tend to agree that they are not the actual words spoken by the Buddha. I particularly like the story of the Buddha born as a hare where he perfected the act of dana.
December 22, 2008 at 9:50 AM
thuanhee said…
In this instance, the Buddha, as a bodhisatva was born a quail. Agni, the god of fire was astound after hearing the utterance of the young quail on the truth (of nature). Thus the power of truth overcame the fire.
December 22, 2008 at 10:13 AM
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