Impermanence
Katha
Kisa Gotami and the Mustard Seed
A grieving mother seeks a mustard seed to revive her dead son and learns, house by house, that death spares no family, per Dhammapada verse 114.
Suparshvanatha and the Falling Leaves
Suparshvanatha, born at Varanasi, renounced his throne after watching leaves fall, becoming the seventh Tirthankara through the plainest of life's lessons.
Jataka Tales
Atthana Jataka
Impossible Things
Ayoghara Jataka
The Prince Raised in Iron
Bhallaṭiya Jātaka
The Forest King and the Mourning Kinnaras
The Culla-Sutasoma Jātaka
A Grey Hair and a Throne
Ghaṭa Jātaka
Ghaṭapaṇḍita Consoles King Kaṇha
Haliddiraga Jataka
The Dye That Washes Away
Javana-Hamsa Jataka
Faster Than the Arrow
Kaka Jataka
The Crows Who Tried to Empty the Sea
Kuṇāla Jātaka
The Cuckoo King and the Counsel on Infatuation
Mahā-Panāda Jātaka
The Palace Raised From the River
Mahāsudassana Jātaka
The Last Hours of a Great King
Makhādeva Jātaka
The First Grey Hair and Renunciation
Maṭṭakuṇḍalī Jātaka
The Grieving Father and the Moon
Sādhīna Jātaka
King Sādhīna and the Ascent to Tāvatiṃsa
Somadatta Jātaka
The Hermit and His Foster Elephant
Susīma Jātaka
The Grey Hair and the Returned Crown
Tuṇḍila Jātaka
The Virtuous Pig and the Tranquility of Death
Udaya Jataka
King Udayabhadda and Sakka's Three Bowls
The Household That Mourned No One
The Uraga Jataka
Yuvanjaya Jataka
Impermanence in the Morning Dew