Before Buddha Was Buddha sur-offering urging them to accomplish welfare

urging them to accomplish welfare of beings

The epic of Gesar has been the national treasure of Tibet for almost a thousand years

and a new cover beautifully designed by Estúdio Insólito

particularly for today’s environment in which so many of us experience self-doubt

This newly revised edition includes an extended photo gallery

Before Buddha Was Buddha sur-offering urging them to accomplish welfareLearning from the Jataka Tales By Rafe Martin Discover how ordinary beingsa deer, a robber, a monkey, a parrot, and moremake up the past lives of the Buddha before he was Buddha. The jataka tales are ancient Buddhist stories found in both the Pali Canon and Sanskrit tradition, recounting the many past lives and ongoing spiritual work of Shakyamuni Buddha on his way to his final birth as Siddhartha Gautama. In them we find the Buddha facing