The 547 Buddhist jatakas , or verse parables, recount the Buddha\'s lives in previous incarnations.
Bowie highlights significant local variations in its interpretations and public performances.
Taking an anthropological approach to this two-thousand-year-old morality tale, Katherine A.
In his penultimate and most famous incarnation, he appears as the Prince Vessantara, perfecting the virtue of generosity by giving away all his possessions, his wife, and his children to the beggar Jujaka.
The 547 Buddhist jatakas , or verse parables, recount the Buddha\'s lives in previous incarnations