Andrea Lynn
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Alex is me 📚 :
two times baddie
2026-04-28 14:14:01
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Korn Srisawat :
fun fact The mistress of the servant girl (new life of Sulasa) was a friend of Anathapindika. So she told this bada$$ story of her servant to him, and it was him who informed the Buddha about this. This is the reason behind this jataka called "Sulasajataka" (สุลสาชาดก) from Book 27 of the Thai version of Tripitaka, i don't know what book number this story is in for Englisg version.
2026-04-29 15:56:54
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skhgeolbahka :
I really enjoyed the storytelling, but I think there's a small but important nuance here. In the original Pali Jataka (Sulasa Jataka), she is called a ganika — a highly trained court performer and artist skilled in singing, dancing, poetry same as Elite woman of high society in that time. She was wealthy, independent, and respected for her refinement, not primarily defined by sex as they were actually not sex workers and not even "courtesan", that's the translation and the word wrongly used to describe them and it is not just that women like her basically who are artists are unfairly called courtesan when they never were it seem happened with roles like Tawaif and Devdasis. The story itself has zero mention of any sexual transaction. She falls in love, saves him out of attraction, and later outsmarts him with her cleverness. Historians note that ganikas could (and often did) marry in real life and not just the story, retire into respectable life, own property, and if they don't want to get married they could just become teachers and pass down the teachings to the Next generation. The “sex worker” label comes from Victorian-era English translations that carried heavy moral judgment. In ancient Indian/Buddhist context, the focus was on her artistic skills and intelligence, not just sex because it was never the defining thing of the profession. The Buddha praises her wit, not her profession. Calling her a sex worker adds a modern lens that the original text doesn’t emphasize. Love the story though, it’s a great example of a clever woman saving herself! but I hope that you understand that some translations doesn't equate the actual role that belong to that specific society that could be very different and by the way the paintings that you are using they are actually Mughal era one and the first two are actually of Tawaifs who were also Court artists and custodians of culture by the way so yeah just know about that.
2026-04-30 14:45:34
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AM :
I love all your stories!
2026-05-01 00:22:29
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Thomas Nickel :
How would you feel if the crucifiction were called fairy tale by some tiktok account? Pretty much the same with Buddhist saw their Jataka named fairy tale.
2026-05-02 20:12:36
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Hrudaya_Raj :
Once, twice and every time a baddie 🙌🏼
2026-04-29 03:33:22
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Berengaria :
as someone who grows up in a Buddhist majority country, Jataka is like afternoon tea gossip of Buddha 😂😂😂
2026-05-02 07:04:29
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TaggartRipper :
There's another jataka you should read Uttara
2026-05-03 04:02:40
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onegone :
that's a badass woman 🔥🔥
2026-04-28 20:44:10
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No :
I feel in my soul best story I’ve ever heard!!
2026-04-29 02:54:43
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arlecraycray :
so like this so i can comeback
2026-04-29 20:35:15
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Dolla 🕷️🐈⬛ :
love your stories 🫂🫶
2026-04-28 14:01:46
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ColleenMollentze :
I love the story and the way you told it 😁 10/10, no notes!
2026-04-29 12:35:52
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࿗ Sayn ࿗ :
Please can you recite the tale of Sirimā (courtesan in Buddhist commentaries)
2026-04-30 04:55:11
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Malithi Weragama :
Jataka tales are so interesting! I’m so glad to hear you including them 🥰
2026-05-25 13:56:28
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⋆.𐙚 𝘾𖣠𖥚𝙠𝙞𝙚݁ ˖Ი𐑼⋆💞✨️ :
first time to come early 😌 🙌
2026-04-28 14:14:30
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Pain :
So earlyyyy
2026-04-28 14:09:05
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Maryam.pearl🎀 :
EARLYYYY❤️
2026-04-28 14:26:14
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droneandphone :
Original alpine divorce
2026-04-30 04:35:02
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all about perfume :
damn , my type of gal
2026-04-28 17:11:08
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SK :
Very well explained. Her story is well known and her name is “ Kundalakesi”
2026-05-02 03:29:16
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Zombabee :
Slayyyy mama
2026-04-30 20:30:48
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Timesponges :
There’s a folk song similar to this. It’s called, “false sir Jon”.
2026-04-30 19:25:06
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Nerdy Beats by Alex T :
That’s funny and kinda cool 🤣🤣🤣
2026-05-16 22:30:33
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Shaw day :
Scoiecologically
2026-04-29 01:40:34
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