Reading Notes: Francis and Thomas Jataka Tales, Part B

For this weeks part b reading I continued with the Jataka Tales that I have been reading for the past few weeks. I read the part b selection of the Jataka Tales by Francis and Thomas. Of this selection, I really enjoyed the story The Foolish Friend. This is the story of two men. A mosquito lands on one of the men's head and stings him. The man asks his friend to kill the bug and his friend attempts to do that with an axe. He hits the mosquito and splits the mans head open, killing him. The Bodhissata was watching and after seeing what happened speaks about it. He says that is it worse to have friends with no sense than to have enemies with sense. I thought this story was very interesting and the end really surprised me.

Bibliography: Francis and Thomas. Jataka Tales (Link)

Mosquito (Source)