Buddhist Myths: Cosmology, Tales & Legends

Buddhist Myths is an accessible, engaging, and highly informative exploration of the fascinating mythology underlying one of the world's oldest and most influential religions.
Practiced today by more than 500 million adherents, Buddhism emerged from India between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. Based around the original teachings of the Buddha, key texts emerged to promote a true understanding of Buddhist ethics and spiritual practices.

Illustrated with 160 photographs and artworks, Buddhist Myths provides an accessible guide to the cosmology of Buddhism, the life of the Buddha, the ethics of Buddhism through the Buddha's many human and animal reincarnations in the late Jatka Tales, Buddhist doctrine from the Mahayana Sutras, and the heroes, Bodhisattvas and divine beings that inform Buddhist scripture and ideas.