The Story Of The Monkey King

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“In this way the Great Being gave advice to the king, instructed him and died” ( “The Story of the Monkey King,” p.147).
“The story of the Monkey King” illustrates a short segment of the Buddha’s journey to achieve spiritual enlightenment. This quote demonstrates a lack of anxiety towards death and emphasizes the illustrious teachings of the Buddha in a simplistic, yet didactic manner.
Humans have transmitted the Jataka tales for thousands of years in order to explain the necessary steps to attain spiritual enlightenment. Each transmigration of the Buddha’s soul provides didactic elements, such as the importance of compassion, that depict certain trials the Buddha endured in order to achieve enlightenment. In “The Story of the Monkey King,”

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