Haven't+I+Seen+You+Somewhere+Before?+Samsara+and+karma+in+the+Jataka+Tales

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= = = = = =So now you have an idea about Buddhism. You know about the Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path. The latter is very important in avoiding //bad karma// and staying off the wheel of //samsara.// But how are these lessons conveyed to the masses? After all, not everyone can sit through a lengthy lecture, or meditate for hours. The pain of it all when all one wants is to attain nirvana.=
 * 1) **Read the story, //[|Four on a Log].//**
 * 2) **Complete the questions attached here. (Think, Group, not 'pair', Share)** [[file:Reading Karma in the Jatakas.pdf]]
 * 3) **Be prepared to share your group's thoughts on the above questions (see document above), and the questions below.**
 * 4) How is the experience of karma/samsara different from that of Christianity (in your opinion)? The same?
 * 5) Speculate on what sort of being the prince might become in his subsequent life?
 * 6) Which of the three animals in the story is closest to Enlightenment in your opinion? Why?
 * 7) It is said that Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) had 550 lives - some in animal form, some in human form - which of the characters in the story do you think is from one of his previous lives? Why?