The heart-stopping mystery of the numinous reveals itself in many of the most beloved Christmas-time stories.

Dylan is introduced to the Buddhist sutras for the first time, but they also come with a warning.

Is Dylan feeling compassion or desire?

Having become the Buddha, the newly awakened ascetic makes his first attempt to teach what he has discovered.

Rather than create a new philosophy, the Buddha decides to offer up a cure for old age, sickness and death in one simple formulation.

Why is the Buddha’s birthday the same day as his death and enlightenment? Jizo has some interesting ideas about why this could be.

Will Dylan understand what Jizo is trying to teach him?

A teenager's life begins to change in ways he could never have imagined after encountering the teachings of the Buddha. Michael Haggiag makes Zen practice and Buddhism easy to grasp in this coming of age story.

Jizo's instructions for daily life practice leave Dylan less than thrilled.

When a Buddhist priest finds out that his kinsman has been reborn into an agonising hell, a yamabushi holds the key to helping his friend

Siddhartha faces his final test under the Bodhi tree.

Dylan finds the courage to return to the meditation cushion so Jizo gives him some further instructions on meditation.