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Title
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Le Sage à la Bêche: Un Conte de Jataka
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Les Contes de Jataka
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Dh2F
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Description
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Language note: French
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Original language: eng
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Traduit de l'anglais par Gisèle Cervisi
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Creator
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No Author
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Contributor
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Nestorowich, Sherri
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:37:53Z
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2004-12
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2002
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:37:53Z
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Date Issued
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2002
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Abstract
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This is the French version of The Spade Sage published by Dharma in 1976. 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.
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Identifier
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0898003385 (paper)
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5351 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Dharma Publishing
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Berkeley, CA
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Subject
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BQ1462.F8 S63 2002
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Jatakas
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole