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| '''Balapandita Sutra''' (Pali ''Bala-pandita Sutta'') — the ''Sutra of the Wise and Foolish''.
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| The Sutra consists of [[Jataka]] stories, tracing the causes of present tragedy in human lives to events which took place in former lifetimes. The theme of each narrative is the same: the tragedy of the human condition, the reason for this tragedy and the possibility of transcending it.
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| For centuries, it has been a source of inspiration, instruction and pleasure for all who have read it. The history of this unusual scripture is still uncertain. Legend has it that the tales were heard in [[Khotan]] by Chinese monks, who translated them into Chinese. The text was translated into Mongolian from Tibetan. The version available in English is translated from the Mongolian.
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| ==Translations==
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| * ''Sutra of the Wise and Foolish'', translated by [[Dr. Stanley Frye]] from the Mongolian, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, ISBN : 81-85102-15-5
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