The Elephant And The Greedy Forester
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A Power Point Presentation of A Jataka Story. To teach important moral values. Done by Bro. Oh Teik Bin, Buddhist Association of Lower Perak, Teluk Intan, Malaysia.
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The Elephant And The Greedy Forester
- 1. The Elephant and The Greedy Forester
- 2. 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.
- 3. The wise white Elephant helped many an animal in the forest. He was highly respected.
- 4. Varanasi is a very old town in India. The Forester came to get things from the forest to sell in the town.
- 5. The Forester grew more and more scared. Suddenly he came upon the white Elephant.
- 6. The kind white Elephant offered to help the lost Forester.
- 7. The kind Elephant brought the Forester to his home. He took good care of the Forester.
- 8. After a few days, the Forester wanted to go back to his place in Varanasi.
- 9. And so the Elephant took the man out of the forest. The cunning Forester studied the path out very carefully.
- 10. Finally they reached the main road. The Elephant asked the Forester not to tell anyone about the Elephant’s home.
- 11. 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.
- 12. And so the greedy Forester went to the white Elephant’s home again. He lied to the Elephant.
- 13. The kind and compassionate Elephant agreed to help the Forester.
- 14. Back in Varanasi, the Forester sold the ivory tusks for a lot of money. But he grew more greedy.
- 15. At the Elephant’s place, the greedy Forester lied again. He was really greedy.
- 16. The Forester was not only greedy. He had become very cruel.
- 17. The greedy and ungrateful Forester was really terrible. Could he get away with his very evil actions?
- 18. So we see that the greedy Forester met with a horrible death. He would most probably be reborn in Hell.
- 19. 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.
- 20. THE END May we be kind and compassionate! May we serve to be perfect! May we be perfect to serve! With Metta : Bro. Oh Teik Bin