More Jataka Tales of India

Once upon a time many quails lived together in a forest. The wisest of them all was their leader. A man lived near the forest and earned his living by catching quails and selling them. When they were crowded together, the fowler threw his net over them and off he went into the town, where he soon sol......more

More popular even than the Dhammapada, and often illustrated in Buddhist architecture, are the Jataka Tales, a collection of stories from the previous lives of the Buddha. The jatakas (‘birth stories’) are premised on the night of the Buddha’s enlightenment, during which he remembered hundreds of th......more

One among the world classics......more

An interesting sequence of animal fables.......more

3.5 stars.......more