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Stories from the Jataka Tales
with Dharma Discussions for Kids 

Stories retold by Margaret Lisa Buschmann 
Ink and pencil illustrations by Gilmer Holton

 

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The Words

of the Jackal

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Death of the
King
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The Twin Parrots

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Fish and his Friend
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New Clothes

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Argument about
the Moon 
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Munika the Pig

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The Monkey Bridge
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Two Fish and a

Turtle

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The Monkey
Heart Tree
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Queen Who

Complained

Too Much

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Saving the

Antelope

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The King
of Heaven
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Miser and 
His Cake
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The Buried Treasure

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Hunter and 
the Quails
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The Tree Spirits

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The Shipwreck
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The Jackal King
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Palace Dogs and
City Dogs
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Woodpecker
and Lion
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Snake Tales
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Drum Beat
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Turtle Who Loved
to Talk

The Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path

for Younger Children

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Helping kids learn and develop positive values that make them more peaceful, happy, confident and resilient.

About Lisa: 

M. Lisa Buschmann has studied and practiced both Theravada and Vajrayana Buddhism, and has been a daily meditator for 30 years.  She has been teaching Dharma classes for children since 1995 and has been a student of H.E. Garchen Rinpoche since 2016.  After retiring from a legal career at the U.S. EPA, she has devoted herself to Dharma practice, editing Dharma books, and writing and teaching Buddhist lessons for kids to help them develop their virtues and good character.

About this website: 

All materials on this website were used for teaching children in Dharma classes at Buddhist centers. Through this website we strive, in service to the Dharma, to make them freely available for others to use in educating children about Buddhism and the Dharma.  All of the living authors of the books from which the stories on this website were adapted have kindly consented to such adaptation and use of their work. 

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