Jātaka Tales
Teaching Dhamma / Stories / Jātaka Tales 
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Devotion and Ritual: Becoming the Buddha, Session 1 – Apr. 30, 2017

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10. The story of the Bodhisattva seeing the old person, the sick person, and the dead person isn’t in the scriptures. Teaching by Ajahn Pasanno. [Buddha/Biography ] [Tipiṭaka] [Stories] // [Jātaka Tales] [Postulants]

Sutta: DN 14.2 ascribes this story to the previous Buddha Vipassī. [Previous Buddhas]

Sutta: Snp 3.1 describes the Bodhisattva’s going forth.


Devotion and Ritual: Becoming the Buddha, Session 3 – Apr. 30, 2017

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14. “Do the perfections have a progressive quality to them?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Perfections] // [Jātaka Tales] [Generosity]


Readings from The Island, Session 15 – Jan. 30, 2025

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3. “Does the Buddha speak about karma in relation to the family we find ourselves in?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Tipiṭaka] [Kamma] [Family] // [Jātaka Tales] [Great disciples] [Rebirth] [Buddha/Biography] [Previous Buddhas] [Ajahn Sumedho]

Sutta: MN 81 Ghaṭīkāra Sutta

Story: An eight-year-old girl remembers being her grandmother’s mother.