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**HRS1H7gO** · 04-26-2011, 03:19 PM

The Jakata tales remind me a little of Aesops Fables which originated in ancient Greece.

Anyway, my personal opinion is that they didn't originate from the Buddha but were as mentioned in the quote #2.

Lay people in Buddhist countries might believe they were spoken by the Buddha because theyre probably mixed in with cultural legends and so forth.

I'd be interested in what our Theravadin members other than myself have to say about it however.

04-26-2011, 03:19 PM	#6
HRS1H7gO Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 459 Senior Member	The Jakata tales remind me a little of Aesops Fables which originated in ancient Greece. Anyway, my personal opinion is that they didn't originate from the Buddha but were as mentioned in the quote #2. Lay people in Buddhist countries might believe they were spoken by the Buddha because theyre probably mixed in with cultural legends and so forth. I'd be interested in what our Theravadin members other than myself have to say about it however.
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