| J.001 |
Apa.n.naka Jaataka |
The five hundred friends of Anathapindika had previously been converted to Buddhism
by the Buddha. Later, in the Buddhaís absence, they reverted to their former faiths.
They met again with the Buddha at Savatthi. The Jataka concerns two merchants, who
travel with caravans across a desert. One, beguiled by a yaksa, throws away his drinking
water and is devoured with all his people and cattle. The other, not believing the
yaksa, makes his journey in safety. The morale of the story is that the followers
of false teachers are led astray. The foolish merchant was Devadatta. This Jataka
will be among the last to be forgotten when the Dhamma disappears from the world
at the end of the world era. |
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