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 Buddha - The Story of Prince Siddhartha Who Became a World Famous Saint - Director: P.C. Reddy - DVD

 

 Buddha Wild Monk in the Hut Director: Anna Wilding - DVD

 

 Buddha Da by Anne Donovan - book - Buddhist zeroes in on the life and teachings of the Buddha, moving through his disenchantment and enlightenment and into less-familiar tales, such as that of the grieving Kisagotami or of a violent robber whose name means finger necklace. In the case of Hinduism, Ganeri has selected significant and dramatic stories such as the creation of Ganesh and how he came to have an elephant's head; the birth of Krishna, an incarnation of Rama; and Durga's conquest of a shape-changing demon.

 Buddhaghosha's Parables by F Max Muller - book - Text extracted from opening pages of book: BDDHAGHOSHA'S PARABLES: this work contains many tilings that are of interest to the student of Buddhism.

 

 Buddhism and the Natural World: Towards a Meaningful Myth by Paul D Ryan - book

 

Buddhism Birth: Stories (Jataka Tales) of the Life and Teachings of Gautama the Buddha by Rhy T W Davids - book

Buddhist Legends & Tales
http://www.pureinsight.org/pi/index.php?news=4331

 Buddhist Parables; Translated from the Original Pali by Eugene W Burlingame - book - This book contains more than 200 similes, allegories, parables, fables and other illustrative stories and anecdotes found in the Pali Buddhist texts and said to have been employed, either by the Buddha himself or by his followers, to convey religious and ethical lessons and the lessons of common sense. Much of the material has been translated into English for the first time. It contains much that will interest children; it also contains much that will puzzle the profoundest philosopher.

Buddhist Story: After Zuan Zhuang Returned with the Scripture from the West - Xinwen Lu

Buddhist Stories - A View on Buddhism
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 Challenging Times: Personal stories and adversity as a spiritual teacher by Vishvapani - book - Forgiving your sister's murderer, living on death row, meditating at Auschwitz, coming to terms with your parent's dementia: These strong stories and many others reveal how adversity in life can act as a spiritual teacher. With profiles of promi-nent American Buddhist teachers and activists such as Bernie Glassman and Joan Halifax, as well as painful experiences of other Americans, Europeans, and New Zealanders, Challenging Times looks at dramatic but not uncommon aspects of life and how Buddhism can offer tools for growth and change.

 

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 Dharma of Dragons and Daemons: Buddhist Themes in Modern Fantasy by David R Loy - book - Loy and his wife, Goodhew, offer a brief but compelling foray into the dharma teachings of modern fantasy in YA literature and film.

 

 Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment: Parables, Myths, and Symbols of the White Lotus Sutra by Sangharakshita - book - About the Author: After reading the Diamond Sutra, an ancient Buddhist text, at the age of 16 Sangharakshita realized that he was a Buddhist. After serving in the British Army in Southeast Asia during WWII, he remained there and after spending 20 years in India, returned to England and established the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (1967) and Western Buddhist Order (1968).

 

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A Few Buddhist Stories
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 Flock of Fools: Ancient Buddhist Tales of Wisdom and Laughter from the One Hundred Parable Sutra by Peter Levitt - book - One hundred illuminating tales of the foibles and follies of everyday fools, this elegant, humorous, and masterful little book of wisdom is a welcome addition to the Buddhist canon "The One Hundred Parable Sutra" is known as the most humorous sutra in all of Buddhist literature.

 

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 The Hungry Tigress: Buddhist Myths, Legends, and Jataka Tales by Rafe Martin - book

 

 

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 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love by Sarita Choudhury - DVD

 

 Kundun - DVD

 

 

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 Life of Buddha (2001) - DVD

 

Listing of stories with a Buddhist theme
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 Little Buddha Starring Keanu Reeves - DVD

 

 Little Pilgrim: A Novel by Ko Un - book - Un, a former monk, admits he had no interest when, years ago, a senior monk suggested he compose an epic poem on the endless wanderings of the child Sudhana in his quest for truth as portrayed in the last book of the Avatamsaka (Garland) Sutra. Later, after leaving the monastic life, Un identified with Sudhana's quest and in 1969 began publishing regular newspaper installments (in prose) of The Little Pilgrim (which have since become the first 30 chapters of this book). The story, completed here, is a series of 53 encounters between a young orphan boy "whose heart is awakened" and various teachers (some in the guise of animals and supernatural creatures).

 

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 Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction by Kate Wheeler - book - Wheeler has assembled a stellar collection, including the titular "Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree," an O. Henry awardâ€"winning story by Gerald Reilly. Many stories, with their Zen sparseness, clean imagery and lingering depths, could proudly stand beside the finest of the genre, such as the fiction of Gail Tsukiyama. Marie Henry's half-page story, "At the Change of Seasons," is so spare and profound it reads like a haiku that's been gently stretched into prose. Some speak so intimately to the teachings of Buddhism that they read like inside jokes which isn't necessarily a bad thing, considering how satisfying these jokes are to insiders.

 

 

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 One Hand Clapping: Zen Stories for All Ages by Rafe Martin - book - This thought-provoking collection, designed ``for the tender heart that children and adults naturally share,'' provides a window onto the contemplative nature of Buddhism. The selections offer many layers of meaning for different levels of interest.

101 Zen Stories
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Proverbs - Take Time to Think
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 Seven years in Tibet starring Brad Pitt, David Thewlis - Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud - DVD

 

 Seven Years in Tibet/ Legends of the Fall - Starring: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis - Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud - DVD

 

 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring starring: Min Choi, Yeo-jin Ha

 

Stories - serve.com - 9 short stories

 Story of Buddhism: A Concise Guide to its History & Teachings by Donald S Lopez - book - Lopez, a professor of Buddhist studies at the University of Michigan, says that his primary aim for this book is "to focus on Buddhist practice as a religion." Unlike more superficial how-to books on Buddhism, this book gives a thorough historical and theological explanation of Buddhism's major tenets, starting with Buddhist cosmology and then moving to chapters dedicated to the Three Jewels of Buddhism (the Buddha, dharma and sangha) before ending with a chapter on enlightenment. Interspersed are anecdotes intended to teach key principles in keeping with the idea of Buddhism-as-story.

 Story of Buddha and Buddhism: His Life and Sayings by Brian Brown - book

 

 

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Tales of the Kama Sutra 2 - Monsoon by Richard Tyson- VHS

 Treasury of Buddhist Stories: From the Dhammapada Commentary by Eugene Watson Burlingame - book

 

 

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 You Are Not Here and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction by Keith Kachtick - book - The Buddhist tradition is rich in stories, especially those that help teach the sutras. You Are Not Here and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction takes the sutra tradition into new and unexpected places. Classic Buddhist themes the — reality and illusion, stillness and being, meditation and action the — are the inspiration for these stories, but the appeal of these powerful, often quirky and provocative works spreads far beyond just students. Like its predecessor, this collection includes both new voices and established masters such as Pico Iyer, Anne Donovan, Robert Olen Butler, and Mark Salzman.

 

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Zen Buddhism An Introduction to Zen with Stories, Parables and Koan Riddles of the Zen Master - book

Zen Buddhist Stories
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 Zen Fables for Today by R Mclean - book - Mindfulness, compassion, humor, and enlightenment are the cornerstones of Zen philosophy--a way of thinking and being that is practical and liberating today as it was two thousand years ago. In these lovely and deceptively simple parables are relevant truths for our modern times.

 

Zen Inklings: Some Stories, Fables, Parables, and Sermons by Donald Richie - book - Donald Richie strays from his core strength, Japaense cinema, and writes stories - some invented, some historical - about Zen. Much as "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is not a tome of Buddhism, this book should be taken for what it is: stories about Zen from an interested non-practioner. As one of the stories suggests, those who are enlightened have no use for writing or reading about Zen anyways. -from a buyer

 Zen War Stories by Brian Vitoria - book - Following the critically acclaimed Zen at War (Weatherhill Publishers, 1997), Victoria now explores the intimate and supportive relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War. He reveals for the first time, based on the wartime writings of the Japanese military itself, that the Zen school's view of life and death was deliberately incorporated into the military's programme of 'spiritual education' so as to develop a fanatical military spirit in both soldiers and civilians.

 

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