The Buddha's apprentice at bedtime, tales of compassion and kindness for you to read with your child, to delight and inspire, Dharmachari Nagaraja
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The Buddha's apprentice at bedtime, tales of compassion and kindness for you to read with your child, to delight and inspire, Dharmachari Nagaraja
Language
eng
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illustrations
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resource.interestAgeLevel
5-8
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The Buddha's apprentice at bedtime
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849065507
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Dharmachari Nagaraja
Sub title
tales of compassion and kindness for you to read with your child, to delight and inspire
Summary
Based on the ancient Jataka Tales, this collection is designed for you to share with your children at bedtime. Each story focuses on a message of the Eightfold Noble Path, the key set of Buddhist principles to guide behavior. By sharing the stories, you will reinforce key ideas such as making a commitment to self-improvement, developing and strengthening the depth of our concentration, and behaving with compassion
Table of contents
Background for parents. About this book ; The Buddha and Buddhism ; The Eightfold Noble Path ; Working with the stories ; Taking Buddhism further ; Introducing meditation ; The art of storytelling -- Eighteen stories about the Noble Eightfold Path. Bella and the magic soup : right concentration ; The magic moonlight tree : right intention ; The new girl : right action ; Ester and Lucky : right livelihood ; The shiny red train : right action ; The sheep stealers : right effort ; Aloka and the band of robbers : right concentration ; The monkey thieves : right action ; Angelica and King Frederick : right view ; The beautiful white horse : right mindfulness ; Danan and the serpent : right intention ; The spirit of the tree : right view ; Egbert and the fisherman : right speech ; Amrita and the elephants : right mindfulness ; The lion and the boar : right speech ; Tim and Grandpa Joe : right view ; The desert willow : right effort ; Antonio and his treasure : right livelihood -- The art of meditation. Preparing to meditate ; Beautiful White Horse meditation ; Crossing the river meditation ; Magic moonlight tree meditation.
Target audience
juvenile
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Tales of compassion and kindness for you to read with your child, to delight and inspire
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