The Banyan Deer
Subtitle: a parable of courage and compassion
By: by Rafe Martin ; illustrated by Richard Wehrman.
Contributors: Wehrman, Richard, ill.
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Tipiṭaka. -- Suttapiṭaka. -- Khuddakanikāya. -- Jātaka. -- Nigrodhamigajātaka -- Paraphrases, English -- Juvenile literature; Jataka stories, English -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Notes: "The Banyan Deer is a recreation of the traditional Buddhist "Nigrodhamiga-jataka," a story of one of the Buddha's earlier lifetimes, or "births." The original tale is No. 12 in the Pali Jataka, a collection of 550 such stories."