Before Siddharta became the Buddha, he spent many lives practicing as a bodhisattva. This book of charming and easily produced plays for children contains tales of wisdom and kindness from his past lives as animals as well as his life as Prince Siddharta. Also included is the life story of the great Tibetan meditator Milarepa and that of the search for the reincarnation of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

This booklet contains eight plays including:

• The King and the Tree Spirit
• The Crocodile and the Monkey
• Gotami and the Mustard Seed
• The Search for the 14th Dalai Lama
• Prince Siddhartha and the Swan
• The Life of Milarepa
• Buddha and the Elephant
• The Birth of a Prince