The Vessantara Jātaka is one of the most popular jātakas of Theravada Buddhism. The Vessantara Jātaka tells the story of one of Gautama Buddha's past...

version' of the Vessantara jātaka, which was composed at the court of King Paramatrailokanātha (c. 1482). The art of putting classic Jātakas into Thai verse...

Vidhurapandita Jataka 546. Maha-Ummagga Jataka 547. Vessantara Jataka The Jātaka-Mālā of Arya Śura in Sanskrit gives 34 Jātaka stories. 1 vyāghrī-jātakam 2 śibi-jātakam...

is also mentioned in the Vessantara Jātaka in which Indra placed these trees around the grove where the Bodhisattva Vessantara meditated. According to...

The Vessantara Festival is one of the 12 monthly Buddhist festivals celebrated yearly in Theravada Buddhist pagodas in memory of Vessantara, remembered...

Laos, a yearly festival (RTGS: Thet Mahachat) is held focused on the Vessantara Jātaka, a story of a previous life of the Buddha which is held sacred. This...

spiritual attainment. In the last seven centuries in Thailand, the Vessantara Jātaka has played a significant role in legitimating kingship in Thailand...

The Mahānipāta Jātaka, sometimes translated as the Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha, are a set of stories from the Jātaka tales (in the Khuddaka...

such as Jātakas, there is a much expanded geography, with a strong emphasis on trade across deserts and oceans. The Baveru Jātaka (“Babylon Jātaka”) tells...

folklore. Buddhist ethics Khuddaka Nikāya Jataka tales List of Jatakas Sāstrā lbaeng Mahanipata Jataka Vessantara Jātaka Kaung, Thaw (December 2006). "Myanmar...

Mahāvastu under the title Kinnarī jātaka, amongst others, who falls in love with a kinnarī and saves her life. the Vessantara Jātaka, the story of the compassionate...

met Paul Pelliot. Together, they translated the Sogdian manuscript Vessantara Jataka, found by Pelliot among the Dunhuang manuscripts in Mogao Cave 17...

part of the festival are traditionally ascribed to a story of the Vessantara Jataka in which the Buddha in one of his past lives as a prince made a long...

are uniquely Lao in their tradition. The Lao written version of the Vessantara Jataka is generally considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Lao literature...

cloth, and paper that depicted the life of Buddha and the legend of Vessantara Jataka. He collected secular art not only from Thailand but from Burma, Cambodia...

Buddhism in Thailand List of Buddhist temples in Thailand Thai art Vessantara Jātaka Ramakien Sumeru Himavanta Srimuang, Kantaphong; Thinnakorn, Wirut;...

Services. p. 660. ISBN 9788120618237. McClung, Larry (1975). The Vessantara Jātaka: Paradigm for a Buddhist Utopian Ideal. Princeton University. p. 65...

Sutta Five precepts Merit release Sigālovāda Sutta Transfer of merit Vessantara Jātaka Tsethar - The Practice of Saving Lives Tsethar for Taklung Tsetrul...

Southeast Asian folktale, and also an apocryphal Jātaka Tale, the Rathasena Jātaka of the Paññāsa Jātaka collection. It is one of the stories of the previous...

wide variety of media formats, from cartoons to high literature. The Vessantara Jātaka is one of the most popular of these. Most Theravāda Buddhists generally...

the Asian journey of Vessantara Jataka Texts and Pictorial Images of the perfect Generosity of Prince Vessantara, ‘Vessantara Jataka Asiai Pravasno Naksho:...

and ethical ambivalence in the Lao Vessantara-Jātaka. In Collins, Steven (ed.). Readings of the Vessantara Jātaka. New York: Columbia University Press...

wanted to remain dry. Following this event, the Buddha tells the Vessantara Jātaka. According to the Pali version of the story, in the Buddha's time...

and bearded man garbed in a tiger-skin robe, as mentioned in the Vessantara Jātaka, with a kettle and naga-staff, or holding the hand of a child. Ta...

p. 246. Jory, Patrick (2016). Thailand's Theory of Monarchy: The Vessantara Jataka and the Idea of the Perfect Man. SUNY Press. p. 72. Dalai Lama XIV...

(2017-02-21). Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand. University of Wisconsin Pres. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-299-30950-3...

wanted to remain dry. Following this event, the Buddha tells the Vessantara Jātaka. One day while meditating, the Buddha sees through meditative vision...

vast array of educational literature including a new version of Thai Vessantara Jātaka, Samutthakhot Khamchan that narrated moral lessons, Krishna teaches...

Thai festival of Thet Mahachat is dedicated to the recitation of the Vessantara Jātaka, a story about kingship and merit-making. Apart from festivals, in...

practice in which a person is weighed against a commodity such as gold Vessantara Jātaka – Story of one of Gautama Buddha's past lives Virtue – Positive trait...