Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface: Just Like Us, the Buddha Had Difficulties -- 1. Prince Siddhartha: The Crisis of Leaving Home -- 2. The Banyan Deer: Hard Choices -- 3. The Naga King: The Treasure of Our Human Life -- 4. The Master Musician: A Bodhisattv…
The jataka tales are ancient Buddhist stories found in both the Pali Canon and Sanskrit tradition, recounting the many past lives and ongoing spiritual work of Shakyamuni Buddha on his way to his final birth as Siddhartha Gautama. In them we find the Buddha facing difficulties, …
Discover how ordinary beings-a deer, a robber, a monkey, a parrot, and more-make up the past lives of the Buddha before he was Buddha. The jataka tales are ancient Buddhist stories found in both the Pali Canon and Sanskrit tradition, recounting the many past lives and ongoing sp…
"Discover how ordinary beings-a deer, a robber, a monkey, a parrot, and more-make up the past lives of the Buddha before he was Buddha. The jataka tales are ancient Buddhist stories found in both the Pali Canon and Sanskrit tradition, recounting the many past lives and ongoing s…