Amar Chitra Katha_The Giant and the Dwarf

THE GIANT ANDTHE DWARF _A JATAKA TALE

All living creatures die to be born again, so the

Hindus believe. The Buddha was no exception. Legend has it that soveral lifatlmes as a Bodhisattva went into the making of the Buddha, the Enlightened

The Bodhisattva came in many forms-man. monkey, deer. elephant, lion. Whatever his mortal body. he spread tho message of justice and wisdom, tempered With compaSsion. This wisdom. the WIS· dom of right thinking and right living, is preserved in the Jataka tales.

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Editor: Anant Pai Script: Luis M. Fernandes

Artworks: Souren Roy