Project Gutenberg 2024-07-18 Public domain in the USA. 193 Burlingame, Eugene Watson 1876 1932 Burlingame, E. W. (Eugene Watson) Lathrop, Dorothy Pulis 1891 1980 Lathrop, Dorothy P. (Dorothy Pulis) 23016075 The grateful elephant : $b And other stories translated from the Pāli $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press, $c1923. "Twenty-six stories selected from the author's larger work, Buddhist parables." Susan E., David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Grateful Elephant" by Eugene Watson Burlingame is a collection of translated Buddhist parables written in the early 20th century. This volume includes twenty-six stories drawn from the Pāli texts, aimed at conveying moral and religious lessons, primarily emphasizing themes of gratitude, compassion, and the consequences of gratitude and ingratitude. The central character, the elephant, appears in multiple stories, portraying the virtues of loyalty and goodwill despite facing ungratefulness. At the start of the collection, the first story introduces the Grateful Elephant, who, after receiving help from a group of carpenters, dedicates his life to aiding them in return. The narrative unfolds to illustrate the elephant's selflessness and loyalty, which ultimately leads to a dramatic encounter with a king who seeks to claim the elephant for his own. As the tale progresses, themes arise around the cycles of life, trust, and the nature of gratitude, setting a tone that is not only reflective but also resonant with deeper philosophical queries about kindness and recognition of good deeds across interactions in both human and animal forms. Each story serves to enhance the moral teachings attributed to the Buddha, grounding the narrative in rich cultural and ethical insights. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000983483&seq=1 20240521125743burlingame 1923 US Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Buddhist legends PZ Text Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: Religion/Spirituality 317470 2025-06-29T09:03:41.267625 text/html 291481 2024-07-18T01:26:11 text/html 1270365 2025-06-29T09:03:47.939089 application/epub+zip 1267628 2025-06-29T09:03:42.853569 application/epub+zip 283007 2025-06-29T09:03:41.934584 application/epub+zip 1888823 2025-06-29T09:03:51.496054 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1611360 2025-06-29T09:03:47.208052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270919 2025-06-29T09:03:40.601616 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 250930 2024-07-18T01:26:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16876 2025-06-29T09:03:51.642011 application/rdf+xml 21774 2025-06-29T09:03:42.162565 image/jpeg 3421 2025-06-29T09:03:42.046555 image/jpeg 1944260 2025-06-29T09:03:41.330604 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia