When the Buddha and His Mother Were Elephants - Barre Center for Buddhist Studies

1.0Barre Center for Buddhist Studieshttps://www.buddhistinquiry.orgTatianahttps://www.buddhistinquiry.org/blog/author/tati/When the Buddha and His Mother Were Elephants - Barre Center for Buddhist Studiesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5FYOuHshUN"><a href="https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/resources/women-in-the-buddhas-life/elephants/">When the Buddha and His Mother Were Elephants</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/resources/women-in-the-buddhas-life/elephants/embed/#?secret=5FYOuHshUN" width="600" height="338" title="“When the Buddha and His Mother Were Elephants” — Barre Center for Buddhist Studies" data-secret="5FYOuHshUN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/background-image.jpg1728855Back to WIBL Main Page When the Buddha and His Mother Were Elephants From the Matriposhaka Jataka, Ajanta Caves, Gupta Period,5th Century CE Preface and Story This story about the Buddha and his mother is a jātaka story, that is, it is a story about a previous birth of the Buddha in which he practiced […]