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Buddha stories
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Demi |
A collection of ten tales from Buddha. |
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Jataka tales
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Ellen Lanyon |
Retells thirty of the five hundred tales told by the Buddha some five hundred years before the Christian era. |
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The monkey king
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Grania Davis |
The Prince of Benares learns a valuable lesson from the monkey king who gives his life to save his herd. |
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The brave little parrot
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Rafe Martin |
Because the brave little parrot does the thing that comes from its heart as it takes precious drops of water to the burning forest, things change in ways no one could imagine. |
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Foolish rabbit's big mistake
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Rafe Martin |
As all the animals panic and flee at little rabbit's announcement that the earth is breaking up, a brave lion steps in and brings sense to the situation. |
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The Magic of patience
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Rosalyn White |
Buffalo persists in being kind and patient with the mischievous Monkey, despite all his annoying tricks. |
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The spade sage
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Sherri Nestorowich |
His attachment to a humble spade shows a poor gardener the way to conquer his desires and achieve happiness. |
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The golden deer
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Margaret Hodges |
Buddha comes to the city of Benares in the form of a golden deer and persuades the King to stop killing all the deer in the area. |
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The Value of friends
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Eric Meller |
Summary, A hawk and his family are made aware of the value of friendship when their friends the osprey, the lion, and thetortoise save them from hungry country folk. |
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Courageous captain
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Rosalyn White |
The purity and goodness of an old sea captain saves a boatload of inexperienced sailors, who forget that good actions guarantee good results. |
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The Power of a promise
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Rosalyn White |
A brave prince uses honesty and truth to subdue and save the monster Kalmasha, whose base desires were destroying his happiness. |
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Great gift and the wish-fulfilling gem
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Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso,Terry McSweeney |
Great Gift, a good-hearted child of India, seeks a wish-fulfilling gem to correct all the ills of the poor. |
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The wisdom of the crows and other Buddhist tales
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Sherab Chödzin |
A collection of thirteen retold Buddhist tales from all over Asia, illustrating various aspects of Buddhist thought. |
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The golden goose king
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Judith Ernst |
Two geese captured by a hunter who seeks a golden goose for the king and queen save themselves when their loyalty and concern impress the royal couple. |
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The magic plum tree
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Freya Littledale |
Because each of the three princes sees the plum tree at a different season, he forms a different impression of what it looks like. |
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The spade sage
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Annette Beven |
A poor gardener discovers a way to conquer his desires and achieve happiness. |
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The hunter and the quail
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Trudy Crofts |
Buddha tells what happens to birds that quarrel among themselves. |
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Jātakaṭṭhakathā
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Buddhaghosa. |
Commentary on the Jātaka, stories on the previous births of Gautama Buddha; critical edition with variant readings. |
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The King Who Understood Animals
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Magdelena Duran |
A king is invested with the magic spell of understanding animal speech and told he will die if he reveals it, but his beautiful wife insists that she must know his secret. |
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