TALES DE
BUDDHA Gautama is one of the greatest religious leaders the world has known. Born a prince, he turned his bac...
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TALES DE
BUDDHA Gautama is one of the greatest religious leaders the world has known. Born a prince, he turned his back on worldly pleasures which he realised, hid the sources of human misery. He .was convinced that penance and meditation as mere rituals without the accompanying sincerity and, contemplation were futile. After ' years of search he became the Buddha, the Enlightened One. He realised that fear and misery spring from attachment and desire and liberation lay in freeing oneself from the bonds of desire · and attachment. A supreme compassion for his fellow beings prompted him to propagate his view. Amrapali and Vasavadatta were two women-disciples of Buddha who gave up a life of pleasure and took to asceticism. The compassionate benevo lence of Buddha was potent enough to bring about a change of heart even among the condemned and the fallen. Angultmala, the d~eaded highway robber who plundered and killed travelling traders, was one such sinner who was transformed into a saint.
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Book House 'Education Trust. Bombay-400 039 . All rights reserved. August 1 982
Pub lished by H .G. MirchanClani for India BOok Houso Education Trust, Rus i Mansion, 29 Nathalal Parekh Marg, Bombay 400 039 and printed by him et IBH Printers. Marol Na ka, Mathuredas Vissanji Road. Andheri (East). Bombay' 400 059.
Editor: Anant Pai
Cover : Madhu Powle
Buddha Script: Prof. S. K . Ramachandra Rao
Artworks: Souren Roy
,(\ngulimala
Script: Subba Rao
Artworks: Pratap Muli.ck
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THINGS.
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t----::~~~~~ HERE COMES SIDDHARTHA. HE RETURNED TO A LIFE OF EASE. LET US NOT TALK TO HIM.
HAVEN'T 'IOU , HEARD THAT THE SACRED FIRE GUARDED BVA SERPENTAT NIGHT? THE SERPENT WILL 1:I!.!=~l!!I!!'!..l:,: BITE 'IOU IF YOU GO NEAR THE FIRE.
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MY CHILD ALL THAT IS BORN. MUST DIE ONE DAY. THERE IS ULTIMATELY NOTHING BUT SORROW IN LIFE. IT IS FREEDOM V FROM DESIRE THAT FREES US FROM SORROW.
GREAT KING, YOU CLAIM DESCENT FROM KINGS. MY DESCENT IS FROM THE BUDDHAS OF OLD. THEV ALWAYS BEGGED FOR THEIR FOOD AND LIVED ON ALMS.
DEW/DATTA F ELT <./E/ILOt/,f> OF Bt/DD/I/I. /IE WENT 70 /lND /VIET /I<.//lT.4S.4TRU, SON OF K,wG' BIMBIS-.4R.4.
TWELVE HUNDRED PEOPLE! NOT A
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HABITATION HERE!! HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME HERE TO BE KILLED? IS IT A PLOT 9F YOURS?
TItE MEN C'IIRRWIV6' OEVIIMTT/1 KEPT OOWN TItE UTTER ,<7NO WENT TO REFRESIt TItEMSELVE.9.
I AM DI/ING. BUT NOW I KNOW THAT BUDDHA IS INDEED THE . ENLIGHTENED ONE-THE TEACHER OF ALL. I TAKE REFUGE IN HIM.
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