Buddhist tales for young and old

Table of Contents......Page 3
Interpreter's Introduction......Page 7
From the Storyteller to the Reader......Page 12
Tale 51 - King Goodness the Great......Page 13
Tale 52, 539 - King Fruitful and Queen Sivali......Page 19
Tale 53 - A Gang of Drunkards......Page 37
Tale 54, 85 - The Whatnot Tree......Page 39
Tale 55 - Prince Five-Weapons and Sticky-Hair......Page 41
Tale 56 - A Huge Lump of Gold......Page 45
Tale 57, 224 - Mr Monkey and Sir Crocodile......Page 46
Tale 58 - A Prince of Monkeys......Page 48
Tale 59, 60 - Two Ways of Beating a Drum......Page 51
Tale 61 - Two Mothers......Page 52
Tale 62 - The Priest Who Gambled With a Life......Page 56
Tale 63 - The Wicked Lady and Buttermilk Wise Man......Page 62
Tale 64, 65 - Country Man and City Wife......Page 66
Tale 66, 251 - The Wisdom of Queen Tenderhearted......Page 68
Tale 67 - A Wife & Mother Who Was a Sister First......Page 71
Tale 68, 237 - 3,000 Births......Page 73
Tale 69 - The Strong-minded Snake......Page 74
Tale 70 - The Shovel Wise Man......Page 75
Tale 71 - The Green Wood Gatherer......Page 78
Tale 72 - The Elephant King Goodness......Page 80
Tale 73 - Four on a Log......Page 84
Tale 74 - New Homes for the Tree Spirits......Page 90
Tale 75 - The Fish Who Worked a Miracle......Page 91
Tale 76 - The Meditating Security Guard......Page 93
Tale 77 - Sixteen Dreams......Page 95
Tale 78 - Illisa the Cheap......Page 109
Tale 79 - A Motherless Son......Page 115
Tale 80 - Fear Maker and Little Archer......Page 117
Tale 81 - Forest Monks in a King's Pleasure Garden......Page 122
Tale 82, 41, 104, 369, 439 - The Curse of Mittavinda......Page 124
Tale 83 - A Hero Named Jinx......Page 135
Tale 84 - A Question From a Seven-year-old......Page 137
Tale 86, 290, 362 - A Lesson From a Snake......Page 138
Tale 87 - A Priest Who Worshipped Luck......Page 141
Tale 88, 28 - The Bull Called Delightful......Page 143
Tale 89 - The Phony Holy Man......Page 146
Tale 90, 363 - One Way Hospitality......Page 149
Tale 91 - Poison Dice......Page 151
Tale 92 - The Mystery of the Missing Necklace......Page 152
Tale 93 - The Careless Lion......Page 158
Tale 94 - The Holy Man Who Tried To Be Too
 Holy......Page 160
Tale 95 - Clear-sighted the Great, King of the World......Page 162
Tale 96, 132 - The Prince and the She devils......Page 165
Tale 97 - A Man Named Bad......Page 171
Tale 98 - A Man Named Wise......Page 173
Tale 99, 101 - Achieving Nothing......Page 175
Tale 100 - A Mother's Wise Advice......Page 177
Who Was the Bodhisatta?......Page 178
An Arrangement of Morals......Page 180