TALES DE

BUDDHA
Gautama is one of the greatest religious leaders the world has
known. Born a prince, he turned his back on worldly pleasures which he
realised, hid the sources of human misery. He .was convinced that pen-
ance and meditation as mere rituals without the accompanying sincerity
and, contemplation were futile. After ' years of search he became the
Buddha, the Enlightened One. He realised that fear and misery spring
from attachment and desire and liberation lay in freeing oneself from
the bonds of desire and attachment. A supreme compassion for hi s
fellow beings prompted him to propagate his view.
Amrapali and Vasavadatta were two women-disciples of Buddha
who gave up a life of pleasure and took to asceticism.
The compassionate benevolence of Buddha was potent enough
to bring about a change of heart even among the condemned and the
fallen. Angultmala, the d ~ e d e d highway robber who plundered and
killed travelling traders, was one such sinner who was transformed into
a saint.
India Book House ' Education Trust. Bombay-400 039.
All rights reserved. August 1 982
Published by H.G. MirchanClani for India BOok Houso Education Trust,
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Editor: Anant Pai
Cover : Madhu Powle
Buddha
Script: Prof. S. K. Ramachandra Rao Artworks: Souren Roy
,(\ngulimala
Script: Subba Rao Artworks: Pratap Muli.ck
IN THE HlMALAYAIV FOOTHILL61 KAPILAVASTO WAO' A .9MALL BOT
PROSPER(}(/S KIN60OM. THE SAKYA.9 RLlLO OVER IT. t
.svOOHODANA WAS THEIR KIIVG'. .

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LOMBINI
CHANNA,WHO
18 THIS? HIS
HEAD IS '
WHITE. HE
SEEMS VERY
WEAK,HIS
SKIN IS
WRINKLED.
MOTHER. I
HAVE LEARNT
THAT ALL Tf-UN6S
ALIVE AND
BEAUTIFUL KEEP
CHANGIN6. MEN
GROW OLD. MEN
FALL ILL AND
DIE. I FEEL UN-
HAPPV WHEN I
THINK OF THESE
THINGS.
//S' 6'OOIV /16' TilE ME6'6'EM5'ER6' BROQ6IIT IVEW., AB()(IT SIOOII;t}RTIf/l,
KIIVG' BIMBI..,/IR/l WEIVT TO MEET 111M.
YOU SEEM TO BE - ~ ~ ~ ~
LONG TO A NOBLE r
FA/VIILY. 'lOUR HAND
SHOULD NOT HOLD
A BEGGING BOWL,
BUT THE REINS OF
AN EMPIRE. I WILL
GIVE YOU A HIGH
POSITION IN /VIV
KINGDOM. COME.
BUT AS' H BE6AN 7lJ WALK AWAV
FROfIIl THE BANK, fI FELT WAK
ANt) FELL DOWN.
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,)'IOOHI9RTHIl NO/ll/ LIVED 19
LONEt.YUFE.
HE MOt/EO TO/ll/I9ROS> 19 800111
TREE I9IVO ~ I 9 T BENEI9TH IT.
I ~ ~
NE O'PENT O'EI/EN WEEKS' CINDER TilE TREE ENv'O<;llN6' 1116'
O'T/lTE OF PERFECT II""PPINE''. TNEN liE WENT OCIT INTO
TNE WORLD TO TE/ICII OTIIERS'. FIRO'T, NE WENT TO Bt9IV""R.4,9.
IN f)'EI1RC'N OF 71IE FII/E I1f)'CE77C,9. WNO WERE WITII 111M IN
URCIBILI/t9. liE FOUND TIIEM IN DEER 49RK.
t : : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
HERE COMES SIDDHARTHA.
HE RETURNED TO A LIFE
OF EASE. LET US NOT TALK
TO HIM.
HAVEN'T 'IOU ,
HEARD THAT THE
SACRED FIRE
GUARDED BVA
SERPENTAT
NIGHT? THE
SERPENT WILL
BITE 'IOU IF
YOU GO NEAR
THE FIRE.
WileN liE WENT IM'IOE TilE ROOM, HE
[;/IW 8(/0011/1 SITTINe PE/ICEFULLV. Tile
LleIIT FROM TilE FIRE S'IIONE GW 111[;'
F/iCE.
NEXT v TltE KING' INVITE-) BtlaJll/i
AWO H'lS SC'lPtES FOR /I ME/IL /IT illS
PI'IL/ICE. /I/CTER mE ME.4L WAS OIlER_
MY CHILD ALL THAT IS BORN.
MUST DIE ONE DAY. THERE IS
ULTIMATELY NOTHING BUT
SORROW IN LIFE.
IT IS FREEDOM V
FROM DESIRE
THAT FREES US
FROM SORROW.
GREAT KING,
YOU CLAIM
DESCENT
FROM KINGS.
MY DESCENT
IS FROM THE
BUDDHAS OF
OLD. THEV
ALWAYS
BEGGED FOR
THEIR FOOD
AND LIVED
ON ALMS.
DEW/DATTA FELT <./E/ILOt/,f> OF Bt/DD/I/I. /IE WENT 70
/lND /VIET /I<.//lT.4S.4TRU, SON OF K,wG' BIMBIS-.4R.4.
TWELVE HUNDRED
PEOPLE! NOT A
OF HUMAN
HABITATION HERE!!
HAVE YOU BROUGHT
ME HERE TO BE
KILLED? IS IT A
PLOT 9F YOURS?
TItE MEN C'IIRRWIV6' OEVIIMTT/1
KEPT OOWN TItE UTTER ,<7NO
WENT TO REFRESIt
TItEMSELVE.9.
I AM DI/ING.
BUT NOW I
KNOW THAT
BUDDHA IS
INDEED THE
. ENLIGHTENED
ONE-THE
TEACHER
OF ALL. I
TAKE REFUGE
IN HIM.
B(/OOIl,<7 LtVEO TO,<7 RIPE OLO 1leE. MILLlOIVS TOOK REFtI6E
IN I{/M IINO IN illS TE,<7ClIllVe6'. PEOPLE. WIIO SPOKE
o/FFERENT LIIN6(//lBES ,<7IVO BELOlVeEO TO OIST,<7NT
LAN OS BEC'IIME illS FOLLOWERS-