ACK-E-426-Jataka Tales True Friends

JATAKA TALES _{TRUE FRIENDS}
All living creatures die to be born again, so the Hindus believe. Siddhartha who became the Buddha was no exception. It is believed several lifetimes as a Bodhisattve go into the making of the Buddha, the Enlightened One. The Bodhisattva has come in many form- man, monkey, deer, elephant, lion. Whatever his mortal body, he has spreed the message of justice and wiedom, tempered with com- passion. This wisdom, of right thinking and right living, is preserved in the Jataka tales. These tales are based on the folklore,leg- ends and ballads of ancient India. We cannot assign a definite date to the Jataka stories. Taking into account archaeological and literary evidence it appears that they were compiled in the period, the third century B.C. to the firth century A.D. They give us invalua- ble information about ancient indian civiliza- tion, culture and philosophy. Many Jataka tales have been retold in the Amar Chitra Katha series. This volume pres- ents a set of tales of true friendship among human beings.

• Amar Chitra Katha
• Title : JATAKA TALES _{TRUE FRIENDS}
• Category : Never Republished
• Volume/Serial : 426
• Total Pages : 36
• Script : English
• First Published : 1 June 1990
• Publisher :  India Book House