Reading Notes: Inayat Jataka Tales, Part B

This week I read more of the Jataka tales. Of the selection I had for this week, I liked the story The Patient Buffalo. The is the story of a very large buffalo and a monkey that is constantly trying to make him angry. The monkey jumps on his back, swings from his horns, stomps on the grass he is eating, and hits his ears all in an effort to make the buffalo angry. The buffalo remains calm the whole time and never reacts to the monkey. A fairy appears and asks why he never got angry and the buffalo says it is because he is big and could easily hurt the monkey but the monkey is not very smart so he sees no reason in hurting him. The fairy gets rid of the monkey and gives the buffalo a charm that will make sure no one could ever make him suffer again. This story teaches the lesson of patience and composure and I really enjoyed it.

Bibliography: Twenty Jataka Tales by Noor Inayat (Link)

Buffalo (Source)