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Essay Archive - The Jãtaka: "The Cheating Merchant", "The Monkey's Heroic Self-Sacrifice", and "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice"
The Jãtaka: "The Cheating Merchant", "The Monkey's Heroic Self-Sacrifice",
and "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice"
The three jãtakas in our literature book are: "The Cheating
Merchant," "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice" and "The Monkey's Heroic Self-
Sacrifice." The jãtakas are stories about the lives of the Bodhisatta, who
in each life moves closer to being an enlightened being or a Buddha.
In "The Cheating Merchant," the Bodhisatta is a merchant named Wise
whose partner is named Wisest. Wisest says he must have a double share of
the profits because he....
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