Life of Buddha · about 18 min
IncludedBirth of the Buddha
A white elephant comes to a queen in a dream, and a child arrives gently among the sal trees.
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Stories for the quiet hours.
A small honest library, read slowly.
Twenty stories. Kimberly or Peaceful Peter. About a quarter of an hour each, give or take a minute. Five are included. The others open with Buddha Story Premium and download on first play.
Life of the Buddha
Life of Buddha · about 18 min
IncludedThe Story of Sumedha
A young hermit makes himself a road of hair and cloth, and chooses a long path toward waking.
Life of Buddha · about 20 min
PremiumThe First Turning of the Wheel
At evening in the deer park, a quiet middle way reaches Kondanna.
Life of Buddha · about 19 min
PremiumThe Four Sights
Four quiet drives carry a prince past age, illness, a funeral, and a wanderer at peace.
Life of Buddha · about 18 min
PremiumThe Great Renunciation
He leaves his sleeping wife and child by night, sends his horse home, and walks into the trees.
Life of Buddha · about 19 min
PremiumThe Night of Awakening
Doubt and thirst pass like weather under a fig tree, and dawn finds him quiet.
Jataka tales
Jataka Tales · about 18 min
PremiumKing Sivi
A king gives away the light he sees by, and a softer sight returns before dawn.
Jataka Tales · about 18 min
PremiumPrince Temiya
A still prince will not sign punishments, and when he speaks he asks for the forest.
Jataka Tales · about 19 min
IncludedThe Deer King
A deer king keeps a hard promise, and the long hunt grows still.
Jataka Tales · about 18 min
PremiumThe Golden Mallard
A golden mallard gives one feather at a time, until fear takes the rest and they fade.
Jataka Tales · about 18 min
IncludedThe Hare in the Moon
A hare offers himself on a giving day, and warm flames turn to cool light in the moon.
Jataka Tales · about 18 min
PremiumThe Monkey King
A monkey king becomes the last tired link in a cane bridge so his troop can cross.
Jataka Tales · about 18 min
PremiumThe Quail and the Fire
A young quail speaks a small truth, and the fire leaves a circle of cool grass.
Jataka Tales · about 18 min
PremiumThe Six-Tusked Elephant
A white elephant lets his tusks go like ripe fruit, and an old hurt grows quiet.
Jataka Tales · about 18 min
PremiumThe Turtle Who Was Silent
A turtle slips from a carried stick, and a deep pond receives him into quiet.
Jataka Tales · about 19 min
PremiumVessantara
A prince gives a white elephant to a dry land and walks into the forest with his family.
Teachings
Teachings · about 17 min
PremiumNalagiri
A charging elephant meets a stillness in the road and kneels as the dust settles.
Teachings · about 18 min
PremiumPatacara
After storm and bad news, Patacara is given a cloak and sits until her breath grows quiet.
Teachings · about 18 min
IncludedThe Mustard Seed
Kisa Gotami seeks mustard seed from a house death has never entered, and kindness leads her to rest.
Teachings · about 18 min
PremiumThe Sick Monk
A monk left alone with fever is bathed in warm water, and the heat eases while hands stay near.