Short Stories

 

Very often our newsletter features one or two
stories for the "young 'uns":

 

  • God behind the gods, Kenopanishad
  • Happiness, Chhandogya Upanishad
  • What the thunder says, Chhandogya Upanishad
  • Sveta-ketu goes to school, Chhandogya Upanishad
  • Questions for Angiras, Mundaka Upanishad
  • One Mother, everywhere, Puranas
  • Man has five kinds of lights, Brihad-aranyaka Upanishad
  • Hymn to the Universal Lord, Svetasvatara Upanishad
  • The great flood -- Hindu style, Satapatha-Brahmana
  • Sri Krishna, Srimad Bhagavatam
  • How medicine came to be used, Cherokee
  • God's mysterious ways, Sri Ramakrishna
  • Clever animals, Mahabharata
  • Christmas everyday, retold from William Dean Howells
  • Tales of two fishermen, Sri Ramakrishna
  • Fantastic stories, (various sources)
  • The prince and the beggars, Sufi Traditions
  • Love conquers all, Mahabharata
  • Yama goes about his business, Srimad Bhagavatam
  • Buddha in the deer park, Jataka Tales
  • Mr. Ant-hill, Puranas
  • Not deaf, not mute, Puranas
  • "I give you three wishes", Traditional
  • The seven jars, adapted from the Arabian Nights
  • Crossing the Waters, Sri Ramakrishna and Ramayana
  • How to conquer death, Chandogya Upanishad
  • Never will I leave Thee, Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
  • How the Moon Got to Look like That, Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
  • Your Dream or My Dream?, Souls Afire, adapted from Elie Wiesel.
  • The Way of the Buddha,The Youngest Disciple, by Edward Thompson
  • Two Kinds of Food, A Story of stories, adapted from C.M. Kay
  • He who Loves, Owns, A Story of stories, adapted from C.M. Kay
  • Nothing Like Pride, Tales and Parables of Sri Ramakrishna
  • By the Will of God, Sri Ramakrishna
  • "Wherever you go, I will go" Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
  • Saint Francis and the Wolf, The Little Flowers of Saint Francis
  • One Good Turn Deserves Another, Mahabharata
  • Who Taught Whom, Taoist Tales
  • Bigmouse, the Rat, Taoist Tales
  • Kids' Quiz, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
  • A Dream Deer, or a Dear Dream, adapted from Taoist Tales
  • Sufi Tales, adapted from The Tale of the Reed Pipe, by Farzan
  • A Bit of Everything, various sources
  • Elephant Boy, The story of Ganesha, various sources
  • Have You Tried Meditating?
  • Gauri-Ma, adapted from Biographies of Gauri-Ma.
  • Learning Big Words, A Supermarket of Ideas, by Swami Nishreyasananda
  • Mexican Christmas, Christmas in Mexico, by Corinne Ross
  • More from the Sufis, Teachings of the Sufis, by Farzan
  • Going to See Shiva, Journey into Kashmir and Tibet, by Swami Abhedananda
  • The Touchstone, Traditional Indian story, adapted
  • The Legend of Krishna's Birth, Srimad Bhagavatam
  • We Three Kings of the Orient Are, various sources
  • Ignatius Tells His Story, Warriors of God, by Walter Nigg
  • Croesus on Fire, Reverence, by Paul Woodruff
  • Momma Bear, The Language of the Goddess, by Marija Gimbutas
  • More Animal Stories, by Rose Gwain and Jay Lakhani
  • Adventures of a Wandering Monk, The life of Swami Vivekananda.
  • A Fable for Aesop, Swami Sampurnananda, adapted.
  • Owl, Man Myth and Magic. The World Book.
  • A fine Swami Indeed!, Life in Indian Monasteries by Swami Bhaskarananda, adapted
  • Chandrasekhar, Scientist and Patriot, adapted from A. Ragaza and M.V. Kamath.
  • A Riddle for Christmas, english 8th century
  • Native American Christmas, Many Moons, by Donald Butler.
  • Shiva the Fisherman, Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists.
  • The price of a Promise, Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists.
  • Marching with Vinoba, Gandhi to Vinoba, by Lanza del Vasto
  • Giving Thanks, by Debbie Wyles
  • What about "Statistics"?, A Source Book for the Community of Religions, by Robert Muller
  • Lucky Dogs, Life in Indian Monasteries, by Swami Bhaskarananda
  • The Master Jeweler Knows His Gems, The Youngest Disciple, by Edward Thompson
  • Labor Day, Swami Vivekananda and You!, by Swami Yogeshananda
  • A True Son of Swamiji, Swamijir Padaprante, by Swami Abjajananda
  • All About God, by Swami Yogeshananda
  • Eiseley's Muskrat, The Star Thrower, by Loren Eiseley
  • Gautama and the Elephant, Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists, by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Sister Nivedita
  • All for a loincloth, Tales and Parables of Sri Ramakrishna
  • Gandhi Moves to South Africa, Gandhi’s Pilgrimage of Faith, by Uma Majmudar
  • Samiji Returns to India, The Story of Vivekananda by Irene R. Ray & Mallika Clare Gupta
  • Tales of Rabi'a, Sufi Women by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
  • Do Sounds Have Shapes? Supernature by Lyall Watson
  • Colors! Native American
  • Mother of All Creation, The Compassionate Mother by Swami Tanmayananda
  • Bank Failure, Londone Swami Vivekananda by Mohendranath Datta
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