Jataka Tales

Jataka Tales - Short and educational tales from Jatakas - a voluminous body of literature in India. Browse through and read from our huge collection of interesting Jataka Tales. Just click on any of the stories below to read it.

Historically, the Jataka tales have been written in the Sanskrit language and are a set of stories about the life of the Buddha in human and animal form. All the stories are of Buddha’s previous lives but in whichever form Buddha is depicted, he exhibits the same virtues.

They are considered among the earliest Buddhist literature. According to many historians and scholars, the Jataka tales are referred as a precursor to the biography of Buddha.

The Jataka tales for kids is written in a language that your children would be able to grasp and feel comfortable with. The basic premise and the moral of each story is the same as the original and intended to teach children the values propagated by the Buddhist culture.

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