The Five Kings by Mélusine Martin
Pariyatti Edition
- paperback, hardback and PDF eBook
- 84 pages
- English
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- Author
- Mélusine Martin
- Publisher
- Pariyatti Publishing
- Published
- November 2024
- Format
- paperback, hardback and PDF eBook
- Pages
- 84
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 978-1-68172-753-0 (hardback), 978-1-68172-475-1 (paperback), 978-1-68172-754-7 (PDF)
Description
Description
A King and his family.
A prosperous kingdom.
Then one night, everything changed!
The King has been poisoned by the five Kings of Greed, Hatred, Agitation, Slumber, and Doubt,
the royal family must decide how to respond:
violence or peace.
The Five Kings is an illustrated storybook explaining the five hindrances of meditation, which prevent control over the mind. Mélusine Martin employs her many years of meditation and story telling experience to bring us an insightful, memorable tale of a peaceful prince who uses the power of a calm, collected mind to convince five greedy, wrathful, self-indulgent kings to change their ways and, in turn, find their own internal peace.
Through the creativity of these eye-catching, water-colored illustrations and memorable story, the reader will slowly learn the art of calming the mind and finding real peace within!
Illustrations by T. K. Diem Nguyen.
Endorsements
The beautiful illustrations draw the reader in, holding interest with bright colors and fun little details.
Heidi Fivash, author of Barb Loves to Sit
As a meditator and father, I found The Five Kings an instructive and amusing book to introduce children to the calming and purifying benefits of the simple observation of the breath.
Manish Chopra, PhD, author of Emergent Gems and The Equanimous Mind
This is a creative story for the next generation teaching them through colorful images and repetition how to overcome the defilements and enemies within.
Takae Ishizuka, ESL school teacher, audiobook reader of Treasures of the Noble
This fairy tale about Anapana meditation presents a happy and hopeful world for young readers, while the illustrations produce a spectacle of beauty and delight.
Susan K. and Paul R. Fleischman, authors of In the Spirit of the Buddha and many other books
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