Prince Siddhartha:
The Story of Buddha
by Jonathan Landww

 

A favorite for everyone, this is the story of Prince Siddhartha and how he became Buddha, the Awakened One. His message of nonviolence, loving-kindness, and unselfishness is necessary for the people of today and tomorrow.

  1. A Fortunate Birth
  2. A Holy Man's Visit
  3. The Kind Prince
  4. The Marriage Contest
  5. The Pleasure Palaces
  1. A Song of Beauty
  2. An Unexpected Sight
  3. The Second Journey
  4. The Final Shock
  5. Fading Pleasures
  1. A Vision of Peace
  2. A Father's Fear
  3. Escape
  4. The Journey Begins
  5. Six Years of Struggle

  1. An Offering
  2. The Great Battle
  3. Awakened
  4. Whom to Teach?
  5. The First Teaching
  1. A Mother's Grief
  2. A Rude Man
  3. Words of Praise
  4. Kindness to Animals
  5. The Power of Love
  1. The Return
  2. The Tale of the Tree Spirit
  3. Equal Love to All
  4. The Final Days
  5. The Teachings Still Live

Jonathan Landaw spent six years living in northern India studying Tibetan Buddhism and is the editor and author of a number of Buddhist books. He has led meditation courses at Buddhist centers for over twenty-five years and is a popular teacher at dharma centers around the world.

Jon Landaw, author of Buddhism for Dummies, was born in New Jersey in 1944. From 1972 to 1977 Jon worked as an English editor for the Translation Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, producing numerous texts under the guidance of Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey. As a student of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche since 1973, Jon has edited numerous works for Wisdom Publications, including Wisdom Energy and Introduction to Tantra. He is also the author of Prince Siddhartha, a biography of Buddha for children, and Images of Enlightenment, published by Snow Lion in 1993.

As an instructor of Buddhist meditation, he has taught in numerous Dharma centers throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere. He currently lives in Capitola, California, USA with his wife and three children, and leads the Discovering Buddhism courses at Land of Medicine Buddha.