具体描述
When my concentrated mind was purified, I directed it to the knowledge of the recollection of past lives’ —The Buddha on the night of his enlightenment Associated with the living traditions of folk tale, drama and epic, the Jatakas recount the development of the Bodhisatta—the being destined to become the present Buddha in his final life—not just through the events of one lifetime but of hundreds. Written in Pali, the language of the Theravada Buddhist canon, the Jatakas comprise one of the largest and oldest collections of stories in the world dating from the fifth century BCE to the third century CE. Generations in South and South-East Asia have grown up with these tales. This volume contains twenty-six stories drawn from various ancient sources, and each story reflects one of the ten perfections—giving, restraint, renunciation, wisdom, strength, acceptance, truthfulness, resolve, loving kindness and equanimity. A detailed introduction elaborates on the ten perfections, explains the forms of enlightenment as well as the structure, and the historical and geographical contexts of the stories. Sarah Shaw brings to life the teachings of Buddhism for the scholar and lay reader alike.
作者简介
Sarah Shaw was educated at Manchester University, where she read Greed and English. She did her doctorate in English Literature there and went on to the study of Pali and Sanskrit in Oxford. She has written a book about meditation in the Pali Canon, which is being published as part of a series in connection with the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. She is a teacher and writer and is married with three children. A Buddhist from some years, she practises with the Samatha Association in Britain.
目录信息
Acknowledgements ix
List of Abbreviations xi
A note on the texts xiii
Author's note xvii
Introduction xix
The Far Past: The Bodhisatta Vow and the Ten Perfections 1
1 A True Story (1) 7
2 The Story of Makhadeva (9) 26
3 The Cane Stalk Story (20) 31
4 The Story of the Partridge (37) 37
5 The Vedabbha Mantra (48) 43
6 The Story of Five Weapons (55) 51
7 The Story of the Fish (75) 60
8 The Hair Standing on End Story (94) 66
9 The Story of the Great King of Glory(95) 75
10 The Story of More than a Thousand (99) 80
11 The Story of the Draining Bucket 84
12 A Rustic Story (108) 87
13 The Kusa Grass Story (121) 90
14 The Cat Story (128) 95
15 The Story of the Kimsuka Tree (248) 99
16 The Story of the Tortoise (273) 104
17 The Story of the One who Taught Forbearance (313) 108
18 The Story of the Hare (316) 114
19 The Story of Nandiya the Deer (385) 122
20 The Story of the Barleymeal Sack (402) 129
21 The Story of the Monkey King (407) 142
22 The Story of the Swift Goose (476) 149
23 The Story of Campeyya (506) 158
24 The Story of Temiya, the Dumb Cripple (538) 179
25 The Story of Mahajanaka (539) 222
26 The Story of Sama (540) 274
Further reading and bibliography 311
Appendix A The disciples of the Buddha 321
Appendix B: Cosmology 323
Appendix C: Indian sites that Portary Jatakas 326
Glossary and index of proper names 327
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