Item
The King and the Goat: A Jataka Tale
- Title
- en_US The King and the Goat: A Jataka Tale
- en_US The Jataka Tales
- en_US Dh8
- Description
- en_US Tarthang Tulku and Sarvam Mangalam
- Creator
- en_US No Author See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Black, Deborah
- Date
- 2016-01-25T19:13:18Z
- en_US 2003-07
- en_US 1986
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T19:13:18Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1986
- Abstract
- en_US This book is consistent in form and bibliographical data with The Fish King's Power of Truth from the same year. A Naga ruler left his realm and took the shape of a snake. Senaka, the King of Benares, saw some boys abusing the snake and ordered them to stop. To reward him, the Naga gave him the gift to understand the speech of animals. A greedy wife coaxed Senaka to give her the secret spell to open her ears to the animals' talk. Senaka knew he would die for telling her, according to the promises he had made upon reception of the gift of understanding animals' talk. Shakra and one of her maidens then changed themselves into warring goats and appeared before Senaka. Shakra upbraided Senaka for selling himself when he had duties to take care of. When he said that he gave his word, he was advised to tell his wife that she needed to follow the procedure he had followed to get to understand animal speech. He proposed a trial of one hundred blows. She gave up after only a few. You care about your own suffering, but you did not care if I died to satisfy your greed. The queen left the kingdom and never returned. At the end, the Buddha reveals that he was Shakra, king of the gods, in the story. It is not clear what role Tulku and Mangalam play in the production of this booklet. They sign the introductory page about Jataka Tales.
- Identifier
- en_US 0898001455 (pbk.)
- en_US 4628 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Dharma Publishing
- en_US Emeryville, CA
- Subject
- en_US BQ1462.E5 K56 1986 See all items with this value
- en_US Jatakas See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books