Attar, one of the giants of Islamic, Persian and world literature, was born near Mashhad in Persia in 1136 CE. He was a perfumer who was also a leader of a mystical school of poets and was himself ren...

The Book of Kells is an illuminated copy of the four gospels of the New Testament in Latin; it is one of the most beautiful books of the early Middle Ages. Mary Noble has expertly rendered 30 full-...

The stories compiled in this book were first heard in 1982 by a small group of people visiting with Bawa Muhaiyaddeen in Colombo, Sri Lanka. From July to October, in the early hours of dawn, the story...

Make room for Buddha in your backpack! This book for young people tells the life story of one of the original rebels against the system, explains his teachings from the Four Noble Truths to the Eightf...

Any Indian child can tell you how the beloved god Ganesh got his elephant head. Now American children can know as well. Here is the colorfully illustrated story of how Parvati, an incarnation of the g...

These short zen parables and folktales come from all over asia: tibet, india, burma, china, and japan. Complete with dragons, goddesses, and talking animals, the tales explore buddhist themes of compa...

Drawing from his Dharma talks to young people, Thich Nhat Hanh uses vivid metaphors, original allegories and colorful stories to help young people learn about handling anger, living in the present ...

Preschool children will learn the beauty and power of mindfulness through conscious breathing. Presenting the Buddha's basic teachings in accessible and modern language, the text is drawn from talk...

"A rich jewelry merchant of ancient India and his slave encounter a wise Buddhist monk. The tale teaches the lesson of cause and effect, kindness and compassion, greed and hatred. Bilingual/Chinese En...