Kategoria BISAC: Young Adult Fiction >> Religious - Buddhist

A spirited young prince longing to learn more about the world grows into a man on a quest to find the cause of human suffering in this first-of-its-kind graphic novel retelling of the life of Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism. Prince Siddhartha lives in a beautiful palace in the heart of Kapilavastu. His father, the king, ensures that he has the best of everything—he just can’t go outside. He is locked up away from the city, away from anything that might cause him pain. He knows nothing of illness, aging, sorrow, or death, yet Siddhartha feels the pain regardless, and it instills a...

Buddhist principles beautifully illustrated.

-Charles Mabbott

It is an intriguing story. It pulls you in and makes you want to read it.

-Simon Lopez, age 12

In Saved by the Light, Lela Ryterski tells the heart of Nichiren's enlightenment story in a straightforward, engaging narrative.

-Kate Rich

Saved by the Light is a story about the samurai warrior, Shijo Kingo, and the Buddhist monk, Nichiren Daishonin. Nichiren is a rebel. Shijo Kingo is quick-tempered and, like most of us, has an inherent...

When Theodore s safe, predictable world is destroyed, his life and his faith are in danger Thirteen-year-old Theodore has lived in China all his life and never felt terror, until his father s missionary settlement is attacked and burned in the night. Theodore follows his father s orders and hides in the forest, only creeping back the next morning to see if anything or anyone has survived. But before he reaches the smoldering wreckage he runs into the formidable Mrs. Jones, a botanist and adventurer who s traveling across China on horseback with her young companion, Lung. The three head into...

INCOGNITO is a truly extraordinary story based on the remarkable life of Alexandra David-Neel, 1868 -1969.

Journey -beyond the garden gate- with Alexandra David-Neel, spiritual seeker, opera singer, feminist journalist, intrepid explorer, Buddhist scholar and prolific author of over thirty books. Alexandra's wanderlust takes her all over Asia, and several times into her beloved Tibet. She befriends the Crown Prince of Sikkim, interviews the 13th Dalai Lama and the 9th Panchen Lama, and lives as a hermit in a cave high in the Himalayas, studying Buddhism and the Tibetan language with...