Jātaka Tales: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Jātaka Tales, credited to H. T. Francis; E. J. Thomas, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Jātaka Tales by H. T. Francis; E. J. Thomas. Read in English by Scotty Smith Jātaka tales are ancient Indian folktales that form a part of Buddhist teaching, telling stories of the Buddha’s past lives. Akin to Aesop’s fables, some strikingly similar, they urge the listener to moral behavior and often, more than that, point a way to real insight. - Summary by Scotty Smith

Recording facts

• Recording title: Jātaka Tales
• Author credits: H. T. Francis; E. J. Thomas
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 47
• Listed recording duration: 15:20:03

Catalogue topics

• fables
• folktales
• buddhism

Opening tracks: first 24 of 47

1. 01 - INTRODUCTION — 19:25
2. 02 - THE LITTLE GILDMASTER; THE KING AND THE STICK-GATHERER; KING MAKHĀDEVA’S GREY HAIRS; THE COLD HALF OF THE MONTH — 13:33
3. 03 - THE FEAST OF THE DEAD; THE MONKEYS AND THE OGRE; THE GUILTY DOGS; THE DISCONTENTED OX — 19:13
4. 04 - THE PEACOCK’S WOOING; THE FOWLER AND THE QUAILS; THE OLDEST OF THE ANIMALS; THE CRANE AND THE CRAB — 15:09
5. 05 - THE HAUGHTY SLAVE; THE PIGEON AND THE CROW; THE FOOLISH FRIEND; THE STUPID MONKEYS — 13:49
6. 06 - THE ROBBERS AND THE TREASURE; GREAT KING GOODNESS — 23:38
7. 07 - PRINCE FIVE-WEAPONS; THE BRAHMIN’S SPELL — 21:40
8. 08 - THE VALUE OF A BROTHER; THE GRATEFUL ANIMALS — 14:32
9. 09 - THE GREAT DREAMS — 28:21
10. 10 - THE CONVERTED MISER; THE VALIANT DWARF — 21:38
11. 11 - THE STOLEN JEWELS; THE TOO-CLEVER MERCHANT; THE LOQUACIOUS BRAHMIN; THE THREE FISHES — 16:15
12. 12 - THE LUCKY SNEEZE; THE HYPOCRITICAL JACKAL; THE GOLDEN GOOSE; THE GRATEFUL MOUSE — 15:09
13. 13 - THE TREACHEROUS CHAMELEON; THE CUNNING JACKAL; THE FOOLHARDY JACKAL; THE FOOLISH CROWS — 13:07
14. 14 - THE GREEDY JACKAL CAUGHT; THE RASH MAGICIAN; THE TWO GOOD KINGS — 12:08
15. 15 - THE GRATEFUL ELEPHANT; THE PET ELEPHANT; THE MONGOOSE AND THE SNAKE; THE JACKAL BETRAYED BY HIS HOWL — 16:37
16. 16 - THE PENNY-WISE MONKEY; THE INCOMPARABLE ARCHER; THE MAGIC TREASURES — 22:03
17. 17 - THE ASS IN THE LION’S SKIN; THE PRIEST IN HORSE-TRAPPINGS; INGRATITUDE PUNISHED — 16:40
18. 18 - THE GOBLIN CITY; THE TELL-TALE PARROT; THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND; THE FOOLHARDY CROW — 12:23
19. 19 - THE WOODPECKER, TORTOISE, AND ANTELOPE; THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY; THE BRAHMIN AND THE ACROBAT; THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE — 15:15
20. 20 - THE STOLEN PLOUGHSHARES; THE HERO’S TASKS — 17:43
21. 21 - DEFEATING THE KING OF DEATH; THE JACKAL’S SPELL; THE JUDAS-TREE — 11:43
22. 22 - THE JUDGEMENTS OF KING MIRROR-FACE — 23:23
23. 23 - THE CRAB AND THE ELEPHANT; THE OWL AS KING; THE ELEPHANT-TRAINER’S LUCK; THE WISHING CUP — 15:04
24. 24 - THE JACKAL AND THE CROW; THE WOLF’S SABBATH; THE KING AND THE FRUIT-GIRL; THE WOODPECKER AND THE LION — 8:33

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