Dear Piya,

Is there a link where I can find
John Garrett Jones,
"Tales and Teachings of the Buddha"
1979:194 f (Appendix)

with metta,
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On 3/25/08, Piya Tan <dharmafarer@...> wrote:
>
> Further to my remarks quoted by Nina, please let me add the following:
>
> The Kacchapa Jataka (J 273) belong to the genre of the most ribald of
> tales
> of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Boccaccio's Decameron. It probably comes
> from what is called gnomic tradition, or popular folklore, if you like.
> The
> Buddhists
> retold the story probably for its popular appeal.
>
> I'm not sure if everyone who reads the English translation will find it in
> good taste.
> It is certainly not a canonical story.
>
> For those who wish to read story in English, please see
>
> John Garrett Jones,
> "Tales and Teachings of the Buddha"
> 1979:194 f (Appendix)
>
> which deals specifically with just this Jataka.
>
> Sorry for lacking enthusiasm in presenting this information early.
>
> Anyway, please laugh with good humour at the story, and leave it at that.
>
> With metta,
>
> Piya Tan
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...<vangorko%40xs4all.nl>
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Dave,
> > I think it over, but I do not like anything coarse. It also depends
> > on my time. The message in the Jataka is that the monkey and tortoise
> > should forget their quarrel and make up, and this message is excellent.
> > We can apply it and that is so with the Jatakas, they are Dhamma to
> > be applied in daily life.
> > Nina.
> > Op 24-mrt-2008, om 18:46 heeft P G Dave het volgende geschreven:
> >
> >
> > > I recall on an earlier occasion Piya Tan mentioning the practice of
> > > "Victorian scholars of yesteryears" to use Latin where they thought
> > > the Pali
> > > passage was "unspeakable".
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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