"Kindness is packed with excellent tales that will surprise and
delight readers while introducing them to the diversity of religious
traditions." ―John Green, Booklist
Following the Buddha through his various transformations, these
clarified, often humorous narrative journeys open the ancient masters
profound and gentle teachings to persons of all ages, religions, races,
and ideological persuasions. Over and over this marvelous book tells us,
"let go of your anger, your fear, your greedy desire. Embrace gladness.
Follow the path." And the stories themselves, simply as stories, form a
wondrous pageant of elephants, monkeys, monks, and men working through
foolishness toward wisdom and delight. This collection of traditional
Buddhist tales leads us to the kind of implicit understanding of
ourselves and others that only stories can provide.