Publisher's Synopsis
Padmi'o - A Baby Buddha Dharma Story is a Tibetan Buddhist children's book. Inspired by the profound and unbroken lineage teachings of Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava, it's a reminder of impermanence and the importance of cultivating the Dharma in this brief lifetime so to liberate suffering.
This story in the Land of Snow is about Padmi'o (a compassionate, baby Buddha), Wild Chi (a vicious, ravaging dragon), and the frightened townsfolk who desperately desire to rid themselves of the dragon's wrath. However, gifted by the highland Garuda, Padmi'o eventually faces Wild Chi, not with sword and shield, but instead using only the Dharma.In essence, it illustrates how the mind can be like a wild dragon, and the skillful means of compassion and wisdom can tame this creature of destructive habits.Dedicated to Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, the founder of the Vajrayana Foundation, Rinpoche wrote the following excerpt about Padmi'o - A Baby Buddha Dharma Story, "I really enjoyed reading this story and looking at the accompanying illustrations because they embody positive spiritual energy. In the same way, people of all ages can read it and be influenced in a positive way, catching this contagious positive wisdom energy. This energy can heal our wounded lives and build positive habits. This, then, will definitely bring about both short-term happiness for this life and long-term happiness that is the freedom of complete liberation for oneself and all beings forever." Padmi'o is a contemporary Dharma tale that like traditional Buddhist classics offers all children, sangha parents or spiritual seekers from any culture a meaningful insight into both the nature of the agitated mind and its soothing balm, compassion. So, for a fully-illustrated adventure in consciousness, let the story of Padmi'o uplift your children, comfort family and friends or be a seed of awareness sprouting forth from your own library.The additional features of this storybook are its Foreword and Glossary of Dharma Terms also graciously written by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. May all beings abide in peace. May all beings be happy, and may Padmi'o the baby Buddha be templed in our hearts.
