Buddhist Tales for the Soul - Softcover

Bhikshu Gyomyo Nakamura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8120768418 ISBN 13: 9788120768413

Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

About the book: buddhist tales for the soul buddhist tales for the soul is a collection of stories inspired from the life of the author blending real-life experiences with touches of fantasy the stories are set in different time frames and are from various parts of the world like india, japan and tibet it offers glimpses of everyday life, mingling the modern with the ancient, the material with the spiritual and the human with the divine in this book animals enjoy a place of honour along with the humans as equally capable of attaining enlightenment themes such as karma, dharma, compassion, non-violence, reincarnation and moderation which are central to buddhism are ii rendered in a simple and amusing manner that would appeal to people of all ages looking for illumination stories set in everyday life about the authors: bhikshu gyomyo nakamura, jeffrey kotyk, hae hanazawa bhikshu gyomyo nakamura born in tokyo japan in 1954 he came to india in 1975 and has been living in india since then in india, he has travelled to various places in 1976, he went to rajgir, where buddha preached the dharma, and got inspired to become a buddhist monk he practised tibetan buddhism in dharamsala and theravada buddhism in sri lanka as well as japanese buddhism he has travelled all over the world spreading the message of peace through buddhism he has established many buddhist temples like the ladakh shand stupa in ladakh, world buddhist centre in new delhi and meditation hut in kyoto, japan jeffrey kotyk (translator) born in canada in 1985, he was raised in the city of winnipeg he studied japanese and chinese at the university of alberta and japans kokugakuin university before graduating with a ba degree in 2009 upon graduating he returned to japan to pursue ma degree in buddhist studies at komazawa university in tokyo he is a lay practitioner of buddhism hae hanazawa (illustrator) born in japan in 1987 she has travelled around asia and has an interest in yoga and budd

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 8120768418
• ISBN 13: 9788120768413
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160