Der Weise mit dem Spaten: Eine Jataka Geschichte

Title

en_US Der Weise mit dem Spaten: Eine Jataka Geschichte

en_US Reihe Jataka Geschichten

en_US Dh2G

Description

en_US Language note: German

en_US Original language: eng

en_US Vom Herausgeberteam von Dharma Publishing adaptiert

Creator

en_US Nestorowich, Sherri See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Nestorowich, Sherri

Date

2016-01-25T19:37:51Z

en_US 2004-12

en_US 2002

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:37:51Z

Date Issued

en_US 2002

Abstract

en_US This is the German version of The Spade Sage (1976). Let me repeat my comments from there. In this story the Buddha has been born as a gardener called the Spade Sage. He has only his one spade, and he sells vegetables for a living. Unhappy, he goes into the forest to become a hermit. Once there, he thinks only about his dear old garden. He returns, but is still not happy. The rhythm goes on as he leaves his garden and returns to it seven times. Finally, to make a clean break, he throws his spade into the river. This is the freeing gesture, and he can rejoice, because he has overcome his desire. I have conquered, he shouts. A great king who has just conquered in battle comes riding by on an elephant and hears this statement. Asked by the foreign king, the gardener explains that he exults to have conquered his desire. He rises into the air and calls people to follow him and learn, especially how to conquer their desires. The Buddha then explains that he was the sage. The illustrations are heavy on reds and greens.

Identifier

en_US 0898003377 (pbk.)

en_US 5343 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80888

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Dharma Publishing

en_US Berkeley, CA

Subject

en_US BQ1462.G4 S63 2002 See all items with this value

en_US Jatakas See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole