YASHPEH
International Folktales Collection
Cūḷa-Janaka-Jātaka |
The Jataka (Volume I) |
Tradition: India |
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"Toil on, my brother." – This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about another backsliding Brother. All the incidents that are to be related here, will be given in the Mahā-janaka-Jātaka. [1] The king, seated beneath the white canopy of sovereignty, recited this stanza: – "Toil on, my brother; still in hope stand fast; Faint not, nor tire, though harassed sore. Myself I see, who, all my woes o’erpast, Have fought my stubborn way ashore. Here too the backsliding Brother won Arahatship. The All-wise Buddha was King Janaka. |
[1] One of the last Jātakas, not yet edited. |
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