http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2006/09/19/buddha-volume-1-kapilavastu-manga-review/ Because Sometimes, Busses Explode... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2006/09/19/buddha-volume-1-kapilavastu-manga-review/comment-page-1/#comment-63250 dmoney Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:07:16 +0000 http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2006/09/19/buddha-volume-1-kapilavastu-manga-review/#comment-63250 about the rabbit in the fire this is based ona tradtional buddahist story google teh rabbit in the moon and you will understand how it fits it makes allot more sense here is the story stolen from wikipedia however this is just a sumary When an old man begged for food, the monkey gathered fruits from the trees and the otter collected dead fish from the river bank, while the jackal wrongfully pilfered a lizard and a pot of milk-curd. The rabbit, who knew only how to gather grass, instead offered its own body, throwing itself into a fire the man had built. The rabbit, however, was not burnt. The old man revealed himself to be Śakra, and touched by the rabbit's virtue, drew the likeness of the rabbit on the moon for all to see. It is said the lunar image is still draped in the smoke that rose when the rabbit cast itself into the fire about the rabbit in the fire this is based ona tradtional buddahist story google teh rabbit in the moon and you will understand how it fits it makes allot more sense
here is the story stolen from wikipedia however this is just a sumary
When an old man begged for food, the monkey gathered fruits from the trees and the otter collected dead fish from the river bank, while the jackal wrongfully pilfered a lizard and a pot of milk-curd. The rabbit, who knew only how to gather grass, instead offered its own body, throwing itself into a fire the man had built. The rabbit, however, was not burnt. The old man revealed himself to be Śakra, and touched by the rabbit’s virtue, drew the likeness of the rabbit on the moon for all to see. It is said the lunar image is still draped in the smoke that rose when the rabbit cast itself into the fire

]]> http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2006/09/19/buddha-volume-1-kapilavastu-manga-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3841 jem rowe Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:51:12 +0000 http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2006/09/19/buddha-volume-1-kapilavastu-manga-review/#comment-3841 I have the first book and i just got the second one and reading it and the most nerve racking bit in my time reading this was the story of the rabbit jumping into the fire. but i have a book mark (which is beside the point but...) and it says on the back 'Whoever gives something for the good of others, with heart full of sympathy, not heeding his own good, reaps unspoiled fruit'. p.s with kind regards could you suggest another book by osamu tezuka. thank you. I have the first book and i just got the second one and reading it and the most nerve racking bit in my time reading this was the story of the rabbit jumping into the fire. but i have a book mark (which is beside the point but…) and it says on the back ‘Whoever gives something for the good of others, with heart full of sympathy, not heeding his own good, reaps unspoiled fruit’. p.s with kind regards could you suggest another book by osamu tezuka. thank you.

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