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JATAKAMALA OR A GARLAND OF BIRTH STORIES
About the Book
There is a beautiful story told about the Bodhisattva when as it is said he was born on earth in the shape of a hare. There once lived in a forest in India which was often visited by ascetics and wise people a very clever hare. This forest was a magnificent place where flowers fruits and lovely creepers grew plentifully and where a river with its deep blue waters rolled down gently murmuring into the valley. The Bodhisattva in the form of the hare lived near this river with three friends an otter a monkey and a jackal.
The hare was considered by his friends al-most like a king as they believed that he was superior to any other animal. He was a teacher to his friends as well as to the other smaller animals and he lived the life of an ascetic. Even the bigger animals respected him and they did not harm him but listened to his teachings like pupils and friends.
About The Author
Marie Musaeus‑Higgins was a German‑born educator translator and scholar best known for her edition of Jatakamala or A Garland of Birth Stories published in 1914 in Colombo Sri Lanka. In this work she rendered into English a distinguished Buddhist compilation of 550 Jataka tales—legendary accounts of the Bodhisattva’s previous lives—originally preserved in the Pali canon and celebrated in Northern South Asian Buddhist tradition.
Born in Germany in 1855 Higgins later moved to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) where she founded and served as principal of Musaeus College in Colombo in 1891 an institution pivotal to female education. She was closely associated with the Buddhist revival movement and the Theosophical Society’s efforts to elevate Sinhalese and Buddhist cultural identity under colonial rule.
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Winsome Books India
ISBN-10 : 8188043354
ISBN-13 : 978-8188043354