The Power of a Promise: A Jataka Tale

Title

en_US The Power of a Promise: A Jataka Tale

en_US Jataka Tale Series

en_US Dh13

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US White, Rosalyn

Date

2016-01-25T19:37:49Z

en_US 2004-12

en_US 1989

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:37:49Z

Date Issued

en_US 1989

Abstract

en_US Sutasoma, Brilliant Moon, is a ruling prince with extraordinary love of truth and lack of fear. The lion-like Kalmasha interrupts him as he is about to greet a wise man. Kalmasha, a self-described eater of princes, lets Sutasoma return to his reign, challenging him to fulfill his promise to come back once he has had the opportunity to listen to the wise old man. Sutasoma enjoys that opportunity and then, against his family's pleadings, returns to Kalmasha. Sutasoma approaches Kalmasha with compassion, trusting that his heart can change since he allowed Sutasoma the visit with the wise man. Kalmasha is indeed struck by Sutasoma's faithfulness to his promise. Soon, though with difficulty, he gives up eating princes and anyone else. He becomes famous as the Lion Prince. The special feature of the art of this series during the late 1980's seems to lie in the golden lines used to outline the portions of a given picture. Perhaps the best of the images shows Sutasoma returning to Kalmasha with a lotus in his hand; Kalmasha is agape with surprise at his return.

Identifier

en_US 0898001978 (pbk.)

en_US 5333 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80878

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Dharma Press

en_US Oakland, CA

Subject

en_US BQ1462.E5 P68 1989 See all items with this value

en_US Jatakas See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole