The Little Lotus Path
Introducing Sati & Nanda
Two young monk apprentices, a quiet temple, and a world of small lessons waiting to be noticed.
Welcome to The Little Lotus Path, a collection of gentle stories following Sati and Nanda, two young novice monks learning about mindfulness, friendship, curiosity, and the small moments that often hold the greatest lessons.
Meet Sati and Nanda
Readers first meet Sati and Nanda in The Little Lotus Path: A Theravāda Buddhist Guidebook for Young Hearts, where the two young novice monks help introduce children to mindfulness, reflection, and the small lessons hidden inside everyday moments.
But somewhere along the way, these two little monks began to feel like they had more stories to tell.
So we brought them out of The Little Lotus Path and gave them a path of their own.
In this new story series, Sati and Nanda explore friendship, curiosity, courage, mistakes, kindness, and the wisdom found in Buddhist teachings. Each adventure begins with something simple, a question, a misunderstanding, a discovery, or a moment of wonder, and gently leads them toward something deeper.
Nanda is curious, brave, imaginative, and quick to act. His curiosity sometimes leads them into unexpected situations, but it also opens doors neither of them might have noticed otherwise.
Sati is thoughtful, observant, and careful. He notices details, thinks things through, and sometimes needs Nanda to remind him that courage and caution can live side by side.
They are different in all the right ways.
Together, they are beginning a new collection of stories inspired by the world of The Little Lotus Path.
Bring Sati and Nanda Home
Continue the journey with Sati and Nanda in The Little Lotus Path: A Theravāda Buddhist Guidebook for Young Hearts.
Created for children ages 7–12, this gentle guidebook brings together Buddhist wisdom, stories, mindful activities, moon reflections, and everyday lessons in kindness, calm, courage, and friendship.
The current edition is available in black and white through Amazon. A full-color edition is coming soon.
Sati & Nanda and the Bell Before Sunrise
The monastery is quiet.
The lotus flowers have folded themselves closed for the night, lanterns glow along the pathways, and everyone is supposed to be asleep.
Then Nanda hears something.
Gong.
Was that the great temple bell?
Curiosity gets the better of him, and before long Nanda and Sati are crossing the moonlit monastery grounds to find out what made the mysterious sound.
But when one small decision leads to one very loud mistake, the boys discover that mindfulness is not about never getting things wrong.
It is about noticing what we are doing, understanding what happened, and learning what we might do differently next time.
Inspired by a teaching the Buddha gave to his son Rahula, Sati & Nanda and the Bell Before Sunrise gently introduces young readers to reflection before, during, and after our actions, through friendship, humor, curiosity, and the everyday adventures of two very different little monks.
For curious young hearts ages 7–12.
And just when Sati and Nanda think their adventure is over, something waiting inside an old lotus-carved chest hints that their path has only begun.
Sati & Nanda and the Missing Marigold
When a marigold disappears from the monastery shrine, Sati and Nanda follow a trail of petals and discover an unexpected lesson about compassion, intention, and what it really means to correct a mistake.
The Empty Place
When someone familiar at the temple is suddenly gone, Sati and Nanda begin asking questions about death, sadness, and impermanence. Through candlelight, incense, remembrance, and the quiet guidance of the Venerable, the boys learn that understanding impermanence does not mean we stop missing someone. It means we learn to cherish the love and kindness that remain.