Dissemination Models of Knowledge and Just Practices as Depicted in the Ten Jataka Tales via Digital Online Platforms

Abstract

          This research article has three objectives: 1) To study the knowledge and practices of justice as depicted in the Ten Jataka Tales; 2) To develop a model for disseminating the knowledge and practices of justice as depicted in the Ten Jataka Tales through an online digital system; and 3) To present innovative methods for disseminating the Ten Jataka Tales creatively on an online digital database. The research will employ a documentary research method, involving the study of data from the Tipitaka, commentaries, related documents and research, interviews with five experts, data analysis, data compilation, and presentation of data through content analysis and descriptive analysis.

          The research result found that; (1) The knowledge and practices of justice as depicted in the Ten Jataka Tales can be divided into two parts: the first part is the ten perfections cultivated by the Bodhisattva, and the second part is the concept of justice as it appears in the Ten Jataka Tales. The first part, the continuous cultivation of perfections by the Bodhisattva in the Ten Jataka Tales, includes: generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truthfulness, determination, loving-kindness, and equanimity. The second part, the concept of justice as it appears in the Ten Jataka Tales, encompasses various aspects such as: treatment of prisoners, the disabled, and the general public; dealing with envious individuals within an organization; the use and distribution of royal power, and the prevention of power struggles; the firmness and wisdom of leaders; social welfare; the virtues of a good person; donations of auspicious elephants, the great offering of seven hundred sets of robes, sons, daughters, and wives, and so on. (2) There are three primary digital online formats for disseminating knowledge and the practice of justice as depicted in the Ten Jataka Tales: the evidence-based presentation format, which provides data on the Jataka Tales that reflects the embedded knowledge and practices of justice; the instructional presentation format, which highlights key points, significant individuals, events, and principles or moral values that can be applied to benefit individuals and society; and the persuasive presentation format, which aims to motivate the audience to create positive things that benefit themselves, others, or society as a whole.