Casey's Blogs: Indian Epics 4993-995

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Story: The Wise Jedi It was a dry day on the planet of Tatooine. The sun beat down on the sea of sand. Miles upon miles of heat waves came up from the ground. It made it look like nothing was solid. Instead, everything was in fluid motion. Jedi Bhima was revisiting his home planet. He hadn't been back since he left for the Jedi Academy. He approached his old home, but something wasn't right. He knocked on the door, but no one answered nor did they come to the door. He opened the door slightly, and it creaked open. There he found his mother on the ground, all of the breath had left her and was lying on there motionless. At the sight of this, he was overcome with emotion and couldn't comprehend what happened. "What happened here? Why wasn't I here to prevent this?" he thought. Picking up his mother he took her back to his ship and traveled back to Coruscant. He took the body to the most talented Jedi Healer. He asked, "Is there any way that you can...

The Crow That Thought it Knew The Brahmadatta reigned as the king of the Benares. The Bodhisatta was the marsh cow. There was a famine in Kasi and no food could be spared. A crow took his lady crow to the woods. This crow saw that another person was able to gather fish, so he wanted to become his servant. Viraka agreed to this and gave him his leftovers which he then gave to his wife crow. He then chose to fish on his own. He was not a crow that was born to swim. Therefore when he tried to fish he drowned even though he was warned not to. His lady crow wept for him and returned to Benares. The Judas Tree The Brahmadatta and the king had four sons. They all wanted to see the Judas tree. The charioteer took them all, but not at the same time, rather he took them individually at different stages of the tree. They all reported back what they saw, but it was all different depending on when they went. They realized that they had not asked the charioteer what the tree was like at differen...

The Hawk and the Osprey There lived a hawk, a she-hawk, lion, and osprey. A tortoise lived on a small island.  The hawk asked the she-hawk to marry him. But, she wouldn't marry him until they had friends. He formed a friendship with the other animals and promised to protect them and vice versa. Some men tried to catch the young birds but the osprey protected them by putting the fire out. He switched with the tortoise due to being tired. The other animals came to help them and chased the men away. Then they all reflected on the importance of friendship. The Grandmother's Golden Dish There was a Bodisat who was a dealer in tin and brass. He sold his products on his side of the street that was allotted to him. There was a family that was reduced to poverty and they had some gold, but did not know that it was gold. They unknowingly traded it to one of the merchants for an ornament. He ended up not taking it so they went to another merchant who told them the real value of the ob...