A Presentation of a Jataka Story in Comic form. There are moral lessons in the story for reflection. For the Video version ( Texts in English and Audio Narration in Hokkien, you can check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aySwjmRSfU

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A Jataka Tale
A Story For
Dhamma Reflection

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Once upon a time, two trees lived peacefully
in a forest with many wild animals.

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There were lions, tigers and other animals.
The bigger animals preyed on the smaller
ones and left their dead bodies behind.

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The bad smell from the dead bodies
spread all round. One of the trees was
very angry.

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The angry tree said it would drive all the animals away.
The other tree asked it not to as the wild animals would
keep men away.

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The angry tree said it would do it.
One night, a strong wind started to blow.

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The angry tree shook itself strongly,
making a loud noise. The animals
sleeping below were frightened.

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The frightened animals
started to run away.

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The foolish tree was happy that it had
chased all the animals away.

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Many days passed. Then one
afternoon a cowherd passed that
way. One of his calves started to
run away.

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The boy followed the calf into the
forest. He was surprised there
were no wild animals around.

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He went home to tell his family. The
family decided to stay in the empty land.

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The foolish tree said that it would
frighten the people away.

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The foolish tree shook itself to make loud
sounds but the father of the boy
was not afraid.

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The foolish tree tried again
to frighten the people.

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But the tree could not
frighten the people.
The people decided to cut
down some trees for wood.

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Soon many villagers came to cut down the trees. One man
said they would cut down the foolish tree the next day.

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That night the foolish tree cried. It knew it
would be killed the following day.
This was the result of his selfish action.

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* There is Interconnectedness among all living things.
* We must live in peace and harmony with ourselves,
with others and with the Environment.
* We must practice patience, tolerance, kindness and
understanding.
* Bad thoughts, bad speech and bad actions will
result in suffering.

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The End
To all beings
we must be
patient and
kind.
Then much joy,
calmness and
peace will fill
our mind.
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin