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The Jãtaka: "The Cheating Merchant", "The Monkey's Heroic Self-Sacrifice", and "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice" The three jãtakas in our literature book are: "The Cheating Merchant," "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice" and "The Monkey's Heroic Self- Sacrifice." The jãtakas ....

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.... father is half roasted by the flames and pulls his way out by grabbing a branch. In the end, the Buddha explains that he was the merchant named Wise. In "The Hare's Self-Sacrifice," the Bodhisatta is a young hare. The day before fast day, he tells his friends (a monkey, a jackal, and an otter) how to observe the holy day. (p. 952) He tells them to sacrifice their food to beggars, and the one who honors this will be rewarded. On fast day, the otter steals seven fish that a fisherman had buried while he was fishing. The otter pretends asks three times if anyone owns the fish. No one comes forward, so the otter takes the fish home. Meanwhile, the ....