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Before Buddha Was Buddha

Before Buddha Was Buddha Paperback / softback -

by Rafe Martin

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Discover how ordinary beings--a deer, a robber, a monkey, a parrot, and more--make 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,
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  • Title Before Buddha Was Buddha
  • Author Rafe Martin
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wisdom Publications
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9781614293545_inp
  • ISBN 9781614293545 / 1614293546
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Buddhist
  • Library of Congress subjects Jataka stories, English
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017018211
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.382

About the author

Rafe Martin is the author of over twenty award-winning books for adults, children, and young adults. He is also a lay Zen teacher in the Harada-Yasutani koan line and founding teacher of Endless Path Zendo, Rochester, NY. A personal disciple of Roshi Philip Kapleau (Three Pillars of Zen) and the editor of Roshi Kapleau's final two books, he later trained with Robert Aitken Roshi, completing the Diamond Sangha koan curriculum and receiving inka (authorization to teach) from Danan Henry Roshi, a Kapleau lineage teacher and a Diamond Sangha (Aitken line) Dharma Master. Rafe's books have been cited in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, and USA Today. He is the recipient of the Empire State Award for his body of work as well as multiple ALA Notable Book Awards and Storytelling World Awards. He has spoken at such events and places as the Joseph Campbell Foundation Festival of Myth and Story, The American Museum of Natural History, The Freer Gallery/Smithsonian, the National Storytelling Festival and International Storytelling Institute, the American Library Association Annual Conference, The American Booksellers Annual Conference, many Zen and Dharma Centers around the country, and numerous literary and storytelling festivals. His writings have appeared in Buddhadharma, Tricycle, Lion's Roar, The Sun, Zen Bow, Inquiring Mind, Parabola, and other journals of note.