The Jatakas : a vast literature written in Pāli which describes the previous incarnations of Buddha & of the social & political condition in his times.
... structures of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, Kalidasa and Bhavabhuti and Bhartrihari and Jayadeva and the other rich creations of classical Indian drama and poetry and romance, the Dhammapada and the Jatakas, the Panchatantra, Tulsidas, Vidyapati and Chandidas and Ramprasad, Ramdas and Tukaram, Tiruvalluvar and Kamban and the songs of Nanak and Kabir and Mirabai and the southern Shaiva saints and the ...
... Aid for the Development of Value-Consciousness and Experience: 1. Calm and intimate company of plants, trees and flowers. 2. A study of the: (a) Stories of Bodhisattva from the Jatakas. (b) Parables from the Bible. (c) Questions put to Yuddhishthira on the bank of the lake and his answers. (d) Messages received by Prophet Mohammad from the Angel. ...
... poetry, the prose romances crowded with descriptive detail, monographs like Bana's biography of Harsha or Jonaraja's history of Cashmere, the collections of religious or romantic or realistic tales, the Jatakas, the Kathasaritsagara with its opulence and inexhaustible abundance of narrative in verse, the Panchatantra and the more concise Hitopadesha which develop the form of the animal fable to make a piquant ...
... powers. Aids for the Development of Value-Consciousness and Experience Calm and intimate company of plants, trees and flowers. A study of the: Stories of Bodhisattva from the Jatakas. Parables from the Bible. Questions put to Yuddhishthira on the bank of the lake and his answers. Messages received by Prophet Muhammad from the Angel. Page 50 ...
... Development of Value-Consciousness and Experience Page 94 1. Calm and intimate company of plants, trees and flowers; 2. A study of the : (a) Stories of Bodhisattva from the jatakas. (b) Parables from the Bible. (c) Questions put to Yudhishthira on the bank of the lake and his answers. (d) Messages received by Prophet Muhammad from the Angel. (e) Account ...
... Sri Aurobindo on Paintings 1941-01-10 Purani was showing some Ajanta paintings. Looking at a palace scene of the king conferring with his wife (Mahajanaka Jataka, Part I, plate XVII), Sri Aurobindo remarked: “Oh, very fine paintings.” He was also shown a volume of paintings by Van Gogh. Seeing Van Gogh's self-portrait, he remarked: “Very fine, excellent ...
... the theory of Avatarhood. As to whether one accepts Buddha as an Avatar or prefers to put others in his place (in some lists Balaram replaces Buddha), is a matter of individual feeling. The Buddhist Jatakas are legends about the past incarnations of the Buddha, often with a teaching implied in them, and are not a part of the Hindu system. To the Buddhists Buddha was not an Avatar at all, he was the soul ...
... no coating—that is your invention. Not a very inspiring message, Sir! No, of course not—but it is yours, not any Avatar's. Jatakas tell us that in every life small or great, Buddha's frontal consciousness was always above the level of others. Jatakas are legends. Ramakrishna and Chaitanya began yoga in their cradle, it seems. Did they? I know nothing about it; but if they told ...
... AUROBINDO: I see! DR. MANILAL: He meant Nirvana, probably. SRI AUROBINDO: Buddha didn't mean that by Nirvana. Of course he didn't say what Nirvana is. PURANI: This man doesn't believe in the Jataka stories of Buddha. NIRODBARAN: Tell it to Dr. Manilal. DR. MANILAL: Why? I believe in them. SRI AUROBINDO: That is just the point. DR. MANILAL: Are there no previous births. Sir? PURANI: ...
... no coating—that is your invention. Not a very inspiring message, Sir! No, of course not—but it is yours, not any Avatar's. Jatakas tell us that in every life small or great. Buddha's frontal consciousness was always above the level of others. Jatakas are legends. Ramakrishna and Chaitanya began yoga in their cradle, it seems. Did they? I know nothing about it; but if they told ...
... also links the Yonas with the Kambojas. Everything pulls us away from the Greeks and joins the Aramaic version to the ancient non-Greek Yonas. From certain practices attributed by a Buddhist Jataka to several Kambojas we understand that some of them must have followed the Mazdean religion. The Mazdean religion, in a specially orthodox form, intolerant of "daiva-worship", was just the one that ...
... the apparatus, he also develops beauty, calm and sensitivity through his actions. The school also gives a lot of importance to story telling from the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Pancatantra, and the Jataka. These are a great source of inspiration and help the children understand and internalise deeper life values. To further facilitate our endeavour in "making the learning environment a happier ...
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