Buddhist Stories

The Following five stories are included in this 5 in 1 Amar Chitra Katha
Life of Buddha
Angulimala
Amrapali and Upagupta
King Kusha
The Acrobat

Description
The first Chitra Katha in this volume is on the life of Buddha. He refused to subscribe to the caste system which has ceased to be Dharma and had become a tool of oppression. He would not accept the power-drunk priests as sole agents of God. He questioned the authority of the Vedas. And he was convinced that penance and meditation as mere rituals without the accompanying sincerity and contemplation were futile.

The second Chitra Katha Angulimala, is from the Buddhist text, Paramatthadipani of Dhammapala.

The story of Amrapali is told in the Maha-Parinibbana Sutta and in Malasarvastivadas. The garden which Amrapali gave up to Lord Buddha was still in existence when Fa-Hien visited India during the Gupta age. Upagupta was a disciple of Buddha. For him, ahimsa (non-violence) did not merely mean desisting from violence but doing positive good and showing compassion.

King Kusha and the Acrobat are stories included in the Pali canon.