Mahānipāta Jātaka
The Mahānipāta Jātaka, sometimes translated as the Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha, are a set of stories from the Jātaka tales (in the Khuddaka Nikāya) describing the ten final lives of the Bodisattva who would finally be born as Siddhartha Gautama and eventually become Gautama Buddha.
These respective virtues are: renunciation, vigour, benevolence, absolute determination, insight, morality, patience, equanimity, reality and generosity.
When Temiya was 16 years of age, King Kasiraya was advised not to name an apparent idiot heir to the throne.
He lifted the chariot up high while speaking: "Behold these arms and legs of mine, and hear my voice and what I say; if in this wood you bury me, you will incur great guilt today."
(Khmer: ព្រះមហាជនក Thai: พระมหาชนก Burmese: မဟာဇာနကမင်းသား) Prince Mahajanaka embarked on board a ship bound for Suvarnabhumi, the golden land in the East, with the purpose of regaining his deceased father's Kingdom of Videha.
At that time King Piliyakkha of Benares, in his great desire for venison, also came to the river and at last reached the spot where Sama stood.
(Khmer: ព្រះនេមិរាជ Thai: พระเนมิราช Burmese: နေမိမင်း) Nemi, as king of Videha, yearned to know the answer to his question: "Which is more fruitful, the holy life or almsgiving?"
He told his people about the happiness of the gods, and exhorted them to give alms and do good so they would be reborn in that divine place.
(Khmer: ព្រះមហោសថ Thai: พระมโหสถ Burmese: မဟော်သဓာသုခမိန်) Mahosadha was a sage and minister to King Vedeha of Mithila.
Four months in advance of the arrival of King Vedeha, Mahosadha started to build a palace one mile outside the capital Uttara-pancala.
Reacting to this threat, Mahosadha sent King Vedeha through the tunnel to the Ganges River, and troops to Culani's palace.
Mahosadha said: "Be not troubled, sire: queen, son and mother all come back, my return is the only condition."
(Khmer: ព្រះភូរិទត្ត Thai: พระภูริทัต Burmese: ဘူရိဒတ်နဂါး) Nāga Prince Bhūridatta had found an ant hill near the Yamuna river.
Alambayana, a snake charmer captured the Naga prince with ease, because Bhuridatta had said of himself: "Let who will take my skin or muscles or bones or blood."
(Khmer: ព្រះចន្ទកុមារ Thai: พระจันทกุมาร Burmese: စန္ဒကုမာရမင်းသား) Prince Canda Kumara served his father, King Ekaraja of Pupphavati as a viceroy.
You must sacrifice: your sons, queens, merchant princes, bulls, steeds, four pieces of these species, with the proper ritual, this will give you entrance into this heaven."
The King, not being of sound mind, gave the order to prepare for a massive sacrifice outside the city.
Canda Kumara asked his father not to go through with this sacrifice, though not to save himself, because he was willing to die but for the sake of the innocent victims.
On the eve of the full moon festival, King Angati went to the deer park to meet Guna Kassapa, a naked ascetic.
He asked the rules of good behaviour with respect to parents, teachers, wives, children, the elderly, the Brahmins, the army and his people.
King Angati, convinced of the truth of Guna's words, decided to make no further effort to do good.
Narada answered: "Here when a man is a lover of sin, wise men don't entrust a loan to him: there is no return from such a debtor."
Narada then told him that while he was King and in good health, he was not providing for the poor, the hungry, the aged and the Brahmins.
(Khmer: ព្រះវិធុរបណ្ឌិត Thai: พระวิธูรบัณฑิต Burmese: ဝိဓူရအမတ်) King Dhananjaya lived in the city of Indapatta in the Kingdom of Kuru.
Irandati, the beautiful daughter of King Varuna, was sent out to seek a husband, who could bring Vidhura's heart to her.
(Khmer: ព្រះវេស្សន្តរ Thai: พระเวสสันดร Burmese: ဝေဿန္တရာမင်းကြီး) Prince Vessantara lived in the capital city of Jetuttara of the Kingdom of Sivi and was devoted to almsgiving, but was never satisfied with giving.
He gave Paccaya, the royal white elephant, to the neighboring Kingdom of Kalinga, affected by drought.
Jujaka (Thai: Chuchok) a poor old Brahmin lived in the village of Dunnivittha with Ammittada, a beautiful young woman.
While Jujaka was asleep, a god and a goddess, who were changed to the father and mother, took care of the two children.
