English30-5 A Destitute Husband Reuniting with His Wife, Who Had Become Prosperous
Once upon a time, there was an exceedingly poor man living in the capital of Kyoto. He was of no distinguished rank. He...
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English3-27 King Ajatashatru Killed His Father
Once upon a time, in India, Prince Ajatashatru was a close companion of Devadatta, and each trusted the other's words co...
English17-45 The Ascetic Who Had a Wet Dream About a Goddess Statue
Once upon a time, during the reign of Emperor Shōmu, there stood a clay statue of Kichijōten at Chinokami-dera in Izumi ...
English5-31 The Man Who Became Stone After Entering a Strange World
Once upon a time, in India, there was a cowherd. One day, while tending his cattle in the mountains, he discovered a la...
English13-11 The Story of the Skeleton Reciting the Sutra
Once upon a time, there was a monk named Ichiei who was a practitioner of sutra chanting. Since his youth, he had devote...
English1-38 The Story of the Bandits Who Lost Their Eyes, Hands, and Feet
Once upon a time, in the land of Śrāvastī in India, there were five hundred bandits. King Prasenajit captured them all a...
English26-20 The Story of the Dog That Died Locked in a Bite with a Young Girl
Once upon a time, there was a man who lived in a certain province and district. In his household there was a servant gir...
English2-31 The Woman Who Lost Her Children in Every Life
Once upon a time, in India, there was a bhikkhuni (a Buddhist nun) who had attained the state of an arhat (a saint). Her...
English20-23 The Holy Man Who Sought Rebirth in Paradise but Became a Small Snake
Once upon a time, in the Yokawa area of Mount Hiei, there was a monk. He had awakened his religious heart and devoted hi...
English10-5 The Tale of a Beautiful Woman Taken to a Remote Land
Once upon a time, during the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty in China (49 BC - 33 BC), the Emperor selected the...
English28-39 The Tale of How the Reincarnation of a Tapeworm Dissolved and Vanished
Once upon a time, there was a woman who had a tapeworm (sunpaku) living inside her belly. She became the wife of a man n...
English17-2 The Tale of a Ruffian Mistaken for Jizo
Once upon a time, in the province of Owari (Aichi Prefecture), there lived a man who had entered the priesthood and take...
English1-10 The Story of Devadatta Attempting to Harm the Buddha
Once upon a time, there was a man named Devadatta. He was a paternal cousin of the Buddha. Devadatta was the son of King...
English9-18 The Story of a Father Who Cooked and Served His Daughter
Once upon a time, during the Zhenguan era of China (627-649), there lived a man named Wei Qingzhi who served as the Chie...
English26-17 The Story of Using a Fox as a Messenger (The Source Story for Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Yam Gruel)
Once upon a time, there was a man known as General Toshihito. He served under the most powerful man of that era (Fujiwar...