【院生ゼミ】11月30日
【大学院】
This week, we discuss the characteristics of the Jataka stories before observing some Jataka reliefs in Borobudur. In particular, we chose the Sasa-Jataka (Rabbit Jataka), a story of self-sacrifice for the benefit of others, and how the story spread to Japan as an episode in the Konjaku Monogatari. Finally, we discuss the episode of 捨身飼虎, bodhisattva giving up his own body to feed a tigress and cubs as depicted in the Tamamushi Shrine in the Horyuji temple.
Next week, we will discuss Borobudur's mandala arrangement of the Buddha statues and the Buddhist view of the world.