Part one of term paper
The Jãtaka: "The Cheating Merchant", "The Monkey's Heroic Self-Sacrifice", and "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice" The three jãtakas in our literature book are: "The Cheating Merchant," "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice" and "The Monkey's Heroic Self- Sacrifice." The jãtakas are stories about the lives of the Bodhisatta, who in each life moves closer to ...

Part two of term paper
... giving him a double share. He makes his father hide in a hollow tree and pretend to be a tree sprite. Wisest persuades Wise to let the tree sprite decide how to divide their profits, and the tree sprite says Wisest should have a double share. The Bodhisatta (Wise) fills the trunk with straw and sets it on fire to see if the tree sprite is genuine. Wisest's father is half roasted by the flames and pulls his way out by grabbing a branch. In the end, the Buddha explains that he was the merchant n ...