Lustful Maidens and Ascetic Kings: Buddhist and Hindu Stories of LifeA marvellous introductory text, well-organized and clearly written. The renditions of stories are readable and engaging. --Edward T. Gilday, Bowdoin College. A delicious repast of stories, delightfully told and intended to satisfy our narrative appetites and nourish our moral sensibilities. Drawing upon tales from the Hindu epics, the Pancatantra, Puranas, Jatakas, Nikayas, and other texts, the authors provide translations and summaries of stories illustrating fundamental Hindu and Buddhist values and attitudes....A good candidate for use in undergraduate courses in Indian religions or the introduction to religion.--Religious Studies Review. This instructive retelling of tales from traditional Hindu and Buddhist texts introduces the reader to the popular teachings of these traditions not as abstract concepts but dressed in their original, attractive story form. |
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Seite 26 - Day and night women must be kept in dependence by the males of their families, and if they attach themselves to sensual enjoyments, they must be kept under one's control." " Her father protects her in childhood, her husband protects her in youth, and her sons protect her in old age ; a woman is never fit for independence.
Seite 60 - ... Perchance our lord may contemn you for entering his presence at an untimely moment." (46) Said the other: "True; but nevertheless (a courtier dare not fail to approach, [his lord]. And it is said) : A king favors only the man that is near him, tho he be ignorant, of base extraction, and a stranger. Kings, women, and creeping vines as a rule embrace whatever is beside them. 20. Servants who are close to the king can discern the causes of his displeasure and his grace, and so gradually gain the...
Seite 60 - Therefore prowess (by itself) alone will not bring the supreme desire to fruition. And it is said: For foes that are killed with weapons are not killed, but those that are killed by wit are really killed and never appear again. A weapon kills only a man's body; wit destroys his tribe and his power and his renown.
Seite 125 - Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice or give away in alms, whatever penance you may perform, offer it up to me.
Seite 59 - Even enemies may be useful when they fall out with each other. The thief saved [the brahman's] life, while the ogre [saved] his two cows." 67. (168) The king said: "And how was that?" He told this story : STORY 7 : BRAHMAN, THIEF, AND OGRE (169) Once a certain (poor) brahman received a present of a pair of cows, which (had been brought up from young calves by...
Seite 117 - Vessantara gave him the children, the earth itself quaked from the power of his spirituality, and he wished that by this most difficult gift he might at last win the state of perfect mind. The children were bound and beaten by the cruel brahman, even before they were out of their father's sight. The heartbroken Vessantara went into his hut and wept bitterly as the cries of his children faded into the distance.
Seite 35 - May I be protected by this truth; that I have never held anyone dearer than you. By this spoken truth, may your disease be cured.
Seite 112 - I go to the Buddha for my refuge, I go to the Dharma for my refuge, I go to the Order for my refuge.
Seite 43 - Oh gods of heaven, what is heaven to me if I am separated from my brothers? To me, heaven is where my brothers are.
