Jātaka tales are ancient Indian folktales that form a part of Buddhist teaching, telling stories of the Buddha’s past lives. Akin to Aesop’s fables, some strikingly similar, they urge the listener to moral behavior and often, more than that, point a way to real insight. - Summary by Scotty Smith
Chapters
1 INTRODUCTION 19 min 2 THE LITTLE GILDMASTER; THE KING AND THE STICK-GATHERER; KING MAKHĀDEVA'S GREY HAIRS; THE COLD HALF OF THE MONTH 14 min 3 THE FEAST OF THE DEAD; THE MONKEYS AND THE OGRE; THE GUILTY DOGS; THE DISCONTENTED OX 19 min 4 THE PEACOCK'S WOOING; THE FOWLER AND THE QUAILS; THE OLDEST OF THE ANIMALS; THE CRANE AND THE CRAB 15 min 5 THE HAUGHTY SLAVE; THE PIGEON AND THE CROW; THE FOOLISH FRIEND; THE STUPID MONKEYS 14 min 6 THE ROBBERS AND THE TREASURE; GREAT KING GOODNESS 24 min 7 PRINCE FIVE-WEAPONS; THE BRAHMIN'S SPELL 22 min 8 THE VALUE OF A BROTHER; THE GRATEFUL ANIMALS 15 min 9 THE GREAT DREAMS 28 min 10 THE CONVERTED MISER; THE VALIANT DWARF 22 min 11 THE STOLEN JEWELS; THE TOO-CLEVER MERCHANT; THE LOQUACIOUS BRAHMIN; THE THREE FISHES 16 min 12 THE LUCKY SNEEZE; THE HYPOCRITICAL JACKAL; THE GOLDEN GOOSE; THE GRATEFUL MOUSE 15 min 13 THE TREACHEROUS CHAMELEON; THE CUNNING JACKAL; THE FOOLHARDY JACKAL; THE FOOLISH CROWS 13 min 14 THE GREEDY JACKAL CAUGHT; THE RASH MAGICIAN; THE TWO GOOD KINGS 12 min 15 THE GRATEFUL ELEPHANT; THE PET ELEPHANT; THE MONGOOSE AND THE SNAKE; THE JACKAL BETRAYED BY HIS HOWL 17 min 16 THE PENNY-WISE MONKEY; THE INCOMPARABLE ARCHER; THE MAGIC TREASURES 22 min 17 THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN; THE PRIEST IN HORSE-TRAPPINGS; INGRATITUDE PUNISHED 17 min 18 THE GOBLIN CITY; THE TELL-TALE PARROT; THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND; THE FOOLHARDY CROW 12 min 19 THE WOODPECKER, TORTOISE, AND ANTELOPE; THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY; THE BRAHMIN AND THE ACROBAT; THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE 15 min 20 THE STOLEN PLOUGHSHARES; THE HERO'S TASKS 18 min 21 DEFEATING THE KING OF DEATH; THE JACKAL'S SPELL; THE JUDAS-TREE 12 min 22 THE JUDGEMENTS OF KING MIRROR-FACE 23 min 23 THE CRAB AND THE ELEPHANT; THE OWL AS KING; THE ELEPHANT-TRAINER'S LUCK; THE WISHING CUP 15 min 24 THE JACKAL AND THE CROW; THE WOLF'S SABBATH; THE KING AND THE FRUIT-GIRL; THE WOODPECKER AND THE LION 9 min 25 THE HARE'S SELF-SACRIFICE; UNASKED-FOR ADVICE; THE FLIGHT OF THE BEASTS; THE CONCEITED MENDICANT 18 min 26 THE IMPERMANENCE OF WORLDLY JOYS; THE TESTING OF VIRTUE; A KING'S LIFE SAVED BY SPELLS 16 min 27 THE HERON'S REVENGE; THE LION AND THE BULL; THE QUAIL'S FRIENDS; QUEEN SUSONDĪ 18 min 28 THE BETRAYER BETRAYED; THE CAT AND THE COCK; THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS 21 min 29 THE THEFT OF A SMELL; THE LION IN BAD COMPANY; THE OTTERS AND THE JACKAL 11 min 30 THE BRAHMIN AND THE SNAKE; THE BRAHMIN'S REVENGE ON THE MONKEYS 19 min 31 THE MONKEY'S HEROIC SELF-SACRIFICE; THE ADVENTURES OF THE PRINCE AND HIS BROTHER 19 min 32 THE PANTHER AND THE GOAT; THE GRATEFUL PARROT 10 min 33 THE GOBLIN'S GIFT 25 min 34 THE WISE GOAT AND THE JACKAL; THE UNGRATEFUL SON 16 min 35 THE TEN SLAVE-BRETHREN 22 min 36 RĀMA AND SĪTĀ; THE WICKED STEP-MOTHER 23 min 37 THE LOST CHARM; THE PRINCE'S WOOING AND THE THRONE OF THE BUDDHAS 23 min 38 THE FOLLY OF GARRULITY; THE HAWKS AND THEIR FRIENDS 29 min 39 THE PRINCE WHO COULD NOT LAUGH 20 min 40 A LOST FRIEND FOUND BY A SONG 16 min 41 KING SIVI 18 min 42 THE EVILS OF STRONG DRINK 10 min 43 THE WHITE SIX-TUSKED ELEPHANT 29 min 44 THE THREE WISE BIRDS 18 min 45 A KING FINDS HIS FRIEND THROUGH A SONG 21 min 46 THE UGLY BRIDEGROOM 1 h 8 min 47 THE NINETEEN PROBLEMS 44 min
