Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales Part A

(Mongolian Wolf: Pixabay)

• A rat forest had a Chief of Rats. 
• A wolf knew about this rat civilization and wished to eat them.
• The wolf planned to stay at the corner of the rats' on his hind legs and with his mouth open.
• When the rats passed by, he said he was on his hind legs because he was lame, and he had his mouth open because he ate air.
• The rats believed him, and every night, they would go with the Chief of Rats and talk to him because they felt bad.
• The wolf always ate the last rat.
• There were less and less rats at bed time, and the Chief of Rats knew it was the wolf.
• The next night, they talked to the wolf again, except this time, the Chief of Rats was last to leave.
• The wolf tried to make a jump for the Chief but was too slow.
• The Chief saw the wolf's crime then bit him and killed him.

Bibliography

More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt

Tech Tip: Canvas Notifications

I turned on the notifications and set it to send me emails around the second month at being at OU. The first month I was here I was so behind and so lost, so I definitely need it to keep me on track. I am better at checking Canvas, so the notifications can get somewhat annoying these days, but they still really save my butt every once in a while.

Reading Notes: Gandhari

(Vyasa Talking With Gandhari: Wikimedia Commons)

• Gandhari is the woman that married to Dhritarashtra, but he is blind.
• Gandhari blindfolds herself to share her husband's life, and her brother, Shakuni, has to take her to Hastinapura to marry Dhritarashtra.
• Gandari receives a blessing from Lord Shiva that she will have a hundred sons, but her first child is a shapeless lump.
• Vyasa tells her to prepare one hundred jars, and Gandhari's requested another jar for a daughter.
• Vyasa cuts the lump and puts a piece into each jar, and then, they wait two years.
• Their first born is Duryodhana.

Bibliography

Gandhari: A Mother Blinded By Love by Gayatri Madan Dutt