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The Silent Prince: Ten Lives of the Buddha

by Somtow

A Buddhist Jataka retold for young readers

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A Buddhist Jataka retold for young readers

The first in a planned series of ten retellings of the Das Jati, this book introduces the story of Prince Temiya, a Bodhisattva who faces a conflict between obeying his father and refusing to condemn a person to death. His response—choosing silence—sets the story’s central dilemma. The publisher presents the series as an introduction to Buddhist narratives that are significant in Asian culture and less familiar in the West, giving this volume a place within both religious storytelling and cultural heritage.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in Buddhist stories and religious traditions
  • Families or educators seeking children’s books connected to Asian cultural heritage

Themes

Buddhist storytellingConscience and obedienceNonviolenceAsian cultural heritage

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Book overview

Prince Temiya was a fortunate, bright, and beautiful child. But he was also a Bodhisattva, an incarnation of the one who one day would be born as the Buddha, the Enlightened One. One day, the King, his father, offered him a taste of kingship - to sit in judgment on an evil criminal, and to condemn him to death. Unable to disobey his father, and unable to kill, the Bodhisattva responded by deciding never to speak again.

 

First in a series of ten retellings of the classic DasJati which are iconic texts of Buddhism, The Silent Prince and its sequels shed light on stories that are a vital part of Asian culture but relatively unknown in the west.

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