The Ten Birth Stories of the Buddha
The Ten Birth Stories of the Buddha
Dasajati Jataka
The Ten Perfections (Dasaparamee)
Translated by:
Mr. Jean-Francois Leduc
Phramaha Jerm Boonthong
Phramaha Prassert Ammart-Ek
The Dasaparamee are regarded as the most important of all the stories of Buddha's previous lives. The Dasajati Jataka are the last ten birth stories of the Buddha before he attained Enlightenment.
During those he developed the Ten Perfections after his numerous lives as Bodhisat or Buddha -to-be in the forms of aerial, aquatic, and land animals. The final and chief of these virtues is Dasaparamee which he perfected in his final life as Pra Vessandon before ascending to Tusita, the fourth heavenly realm, from where he later descended to be reborn as Siddharatha and attained Buddhahood.
The Ten Birth stories of the Buddha illustrating the Supreme perfection the future Buddha practiced and finally achieved are:
- Temiraja Jataka
- Mahajanaka Jataka
- Suwanasam Jataka
- Nemiraja Jataka
- Mahosatha Jataka
- Bhurithat Jataka
- Chanthara Jataka
- Naratha Jataka
- Vithura Jataka
- Vessandon Jataka
