Stories from Buddhist Traditions: The Cat and the Mice

“Long ago, the Buddha-to-be happened to be born as a mouse. He was the leader of a large group of mice, and he was very large, as big as a small piglet. A cat used to roam nearby, and spotted the group of mice. He decided to find a way to make a meal of them….”

Stories from Buddhist Traditions is a resource for use by school teachers that has been developed by Dr Naomi Appleton and Dr Alison Jack at the University of Edinburgh School of Divinity. The resource contains six stories in PDF format, sorted by the principles for Religious and Moral Education in Scotland: Beliefs, Values and Issues, and Practices and Traditions. 

http://www.storyandreligion.div.ed.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/The-Cat-and-the-Mice.pdf

http://www.storyandreligion.div.ed.ac.uk/schools/resources/

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stories-from-buddhist-traditions-11313801

Lorna Campbell

OER Liaison, Learning Teaching and Web Services

IS, University of Edinburgh