A PowerPoint Presentation of a Jataka Story that can teach important LIFE Lessons. Texts are in English. For the Youtube version with an Audio Narration in Hokkien , (the texts are in English ) you can check out at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YutOnc46pNs&t=40s

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The Elephant and
The Greedy Forester
A Jataka Story for Reflection

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The Bodhisatta was once born as a white
elephant. He was gentle, kind and helpful. As he
grew up he found that most of his friends were
bad, selfish and cruel. He decided to leave them.

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The wise
white
Elephant
helped
many an
animal in
the forest.
He was
highly
respected.

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Varanasi is a
very old town
in India.
The Forester
came to get
things from
the forest to
sell in the
town.

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The Forester grew more and more scared.
Suddenly he came upon the white Elephant.

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The kind white Elephant offered to help the
lost Forester.

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The kind Elephant brought the Forester to
his home. He took good care of the Forester.

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After a few days, the Forester wanted
to go back to his place in Varanasi.

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And so the Elephant took the man out of the
forest. The cunning Forester studied the path
out very carefully.

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Finally they reached the main road. The
Elephant asked the Forester not to tell
anyone about the Elephant’s home.

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At the Bazaar greed set into the Forester. He
planned to get the ivory tusks of the white
Elephant. He thought he would become rich.

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And so the greedy Forester went to the
white Elephant’s home again. He lied to
the Elephant.

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The kind and compassionate Elephant
agreed to help the Forester.

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Back in Varanasi, the Forester sold the ivory
tusks for a lot of money. But he grew more
greedy.

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At the Elephant’s place, the greedy
Forester lied again. He was really greedy.

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The Forester was not only greedy. He
had become very cruel.

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The greedy and ungrateful Forester
was really terrible. Could he get away
with his very evil actions?

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So we see that the greedy Forester met with a
horrible death. He would most probably be
reborn in Hell.

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And so the kind and wise Elephant,
cultivating his Paramis or Perfections as a
Bodhisatta, was on the Path to become a
Buddha one day after rounds of rebirths.

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* The danger of Greed and Craving is truly great.
It’ll lead us to a terrible suffering state.
* Worldly material possessions do not at all belong to us truly.
What follows us life to life is our Kamma and the Dhamma learnt wisely.
* Wise ones live virtuously and they cultivate their mind most constantly.
They follow the Noble Eightfold Path most ardently and mindfully.

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THE END
May we be kind
and compassionate!
May we be pure in mind, speech
and bodily action. With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin