In this life, he practiced Dana Parama, the perfection of generosity. The Vessantara-Jataka, is the last and longest birth story of the Bodhisatta before he was born Prince Siddhatha. In all these Buddha Gotama practiced the Dhamma most sincerely he overcame all difficulties, achieved victory over his adversary and finally attained the supreme status of the Fully-Enlightened One. The Jataka tales are dated between 300 BC and 400 ADīefore attaining Buddha-hood, the Bodhisatta, “the aspirant for Buddha-hood”, has to pass through many births assuming different bodily forms, sometimes that of different species.
Traditional birth and death dates of Gautama are 563-483 BC. This collection of some 550 anecdotes and fables depicts earlier incarnations of Siddhartha Gautama. The Pansiyapanas Jathaka Potha is a great canon of sacred Buddhist literature which was translated in to Sinhala from Jathaka Atuwawa in Kurunegala period.
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