2. Jatakas (นิทานชาดก)
Jatakas are the stories about the previous births of the Lord Buddha. Buddhists
Believe that Lord Buddha had 547 previous lives. Many Jatakas have been passed
On from Indian traditions. In the stories, Lord Buddha is sometimes represented
as an animal, and sometimes as a human who would become the future Lord Buddha.
The final ten Jatakas are called “ The Ten Births (ทศชาติ) ”. Each story describes the greatest virtues (การสร้างบุญกุศลอย่างใหญ่หลวง) or perfection (บารมี)
that the Lord Buddha had achieved.