Author: Kurunegoda Piyatissa
Publisher: Fivestar
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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The Jataka Stories have for hundreds of years been seminal to the development of many civilizations, the cultivation of moral conduct and good behavior, the growth of a rich and varied literature in diverse parts of the world, and the inspiration for painting, sculpture, and architecture of enduring aesthetic value. The Buddha himself used jataka stories to explain concepts like karma and rebirth and to emphasize the importance of certain moral values.
Author: Todd Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964176829
Category : Buddhist parables
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Author: Dharmachari Nagaraja
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
ISBN: 9781844838806
Category : Buddhist mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Building on the age-old art of storytelling, this beautiful book retells 20 ancient Buddhist tales in a way that will aid relaxation and prepare your child for sleep.
Author: Sarah Conover
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN: 1558965688
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Sarah Conover's collection of traditional Buddhist tales leads us to the kind of implicit understanding of ourselves and others that only stories can provide. Following the Buddha through his various transformations, these clarified, often humorous narrative journeys open the ancient masters profound and gentle teachings to persons of all ages, religions, races, and ideological persuasions. Over and over this marvelous book tells us, "let go of your anger, your fear, your greedy desire. Embrace gladness. Follow the path." And the stories themselves, simply as stories, from a wondrous pageant: of elephants, monkeys, monks, and men working through foolishness toward wisdom and delight.
Author: Sumangalo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddha (The concept)
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Author: Mark W. McGinnis
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834826011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Around the beginning of the common era, Indian Buddhists began to collect fables, or jataka tales, illuminating various human virtues and foibles—from kindness, cooperation, loyalty and self-discipline on the one hand to greed, pride, foolishness, and treachery on the other. Instead of populating these stories with people, they cast the animals of their immediate environment in the leading roles—which may have given the tales a universal appeal that helped them travel around the world, surfacing in the Middle East as Aesop's fables and in various other guises throughout East and Southeast Asia, Africa, Russia, and Europe. Author and painter Mark McGinnis has collected over forty of these hallowed popular tales and retold them in vividly poetic yet accessible language, their original Buddhist messages firmly intact. Each story is accompanied with a beautifully rendered full-color painting, making this an equally attractive book for children and adults, whether Buddhist or not, who love fine stories about their fellow wise (and foolish) creatures.
Author:
Publisher: Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Stories & historical records that help teach us about our human roots and how to nurture them.
Author: Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486261492
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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One of the most important texts in the literature of Buddhism, this collection contains 47 stories that celebrate the previous lives of the Buddha, each offering fascinating insights into the mind and heart of Buddhism. Translated and edited by a distinguished Western scholar of Buddhism.
Author: Ken and Visakha Kawasaki
Publisher: Pariyatti Publishing
ISBN: 168172104X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 489
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Whereas Western intellectuals seek the essence of Buddhism in its doctrines and meditation practices, the traditional Buddhists of Asia absorb the ideas and values of their spiritual heritage through its rich narrative literature about the Buddha and his disciples. The most popular collection of Buddhist stories is, without doubt, the Jatakas. These are the stories of the Buddha's past births, relating his experiences as he passed from life to life on the way to becoming a Buddha. At times he takes the form of a bird, at times he is born as a hare, a monkey, a prince, a merchant, or an ascetic, but in each case he uses the challenges he meets to grow in generosity, virtue, patience, wisdom, and compassion.This anthology of Jatakas, ably told by Ken and Visakha Kawasaki, remains faithful to the original yet presents the stories in clear and simple language. It thereby makes the Jatakas accessible even to young readers and to those for whom English is not their first language.
Author: Ellen C. Babbitt
Publisher: Hayes Barton Press
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Book Description
Collects eighteen fables from the Jatakas of India.
