Read this tale from the epic Mahabharata about a deformed boy who defied those who judged him solely on his unfortunate appearance.

Stingy sages are duly persuaded to share their food when a beggar proves a truer understanding of the scripture they sought to serve.

Spiritual wealth is contrasted with material wealth in this lesson that teaches the superiority of the former quality.

Read three tales from India that take greed as their subject. Also includes similar tales from other cultures.

Celebration of the Lord Krishna's birthday marks the heroic and divine efforts to spare his life shortly after his birth in a prison.

Learn how the goddess Parvati gave a poor old man a magic bowl that would produce food whenever he was hungry, and the problems that came of it.

Read about the legendary warrior who is upheld as a model of the ideal son because he willingly assumed banishment to protect his father's honor.

Recounts Rama's early life of heroic battles, his study of meditative chants to summon divine weapons to fight evil, and his marriage to Sita.

Rama's exile, instigated by his brother's envious mother during what was to be his coronation, lasts 14 years while Bharata rules in his place.

Rama leads the monkey army in battle against Ravana, slays him, tests Sita's devotion, reunites with her, and ends the epic with his coronation.

Omniscient Krishna shows appreciation to his childhood friend Sudama after receiving the humble hermit's loving gift of powa, a kind of rice.

Vasavadatta, a lovely young dancer enamored of Upagupta, learns from him and the Buddha that cultivating her inner beauty leads to illumination.

Learn the usefulness of Brahman's lesson to renounce ego lest it destroy you.