Elephant

  • The Elephant With Six Tusks

    Once upon a time the Bodhisattva was born as Uposatha, the king of the Chaddanta elephants who were considered to have the highest rank among elephants. The majestic elephant was known for his handsome white body, red face and feet and six shining tusks. He lived deep inside a forest along with his two wives…

  • The Wild Pet

    Once in a forest, there lived an ascetic who had a pet elephant whom he had reared since it was just a baby. But all his fellow hermits felt it was risky to have a wild elephant as a pet. One day the Bodhisattva, who was his teacher, told him, “My son, it was kind…