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-19_Patience and Perseverance.htm

Five   Patience and Perseverance          The people of the Punjab have a song which goes like this:     The bulbul does not…

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-20_The Simple Life.htm

Six   The Simple Life                       The Prophet Mohammed, who devoted his life to teaching the Arab people, cared not for ease or riches….

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-21_Prudence.htm

Seven   Prudence                   “Good shot!” The cry rang out as the young Indian let fly his arrow and hit his mark. “Yes,” someone…

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-22_Sincerity.htm

Eight   Sincerity                        A lion, a wolf and a fox went out hunting together. They killed an ass, a gazelle and a hare….

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-23_Right Judgment.htm

Nine   Right Judgment                               Choose a good straight stick and dip it half-way into some water: the stick will appear to be bent…

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-24_Order.htm

Ten   Order                      Men in ancient India had a very poetic idea about the earth and the world – an idea intended to…

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-25_Building and Destroying.htm

Eleven   Building and Destroying                       Children, you all know what it is to build and to destroy.  Weapon in hand, the warrior goes…

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-26_Apendix_The Giver.htm

Appendix   Stories not published in previous editions of  Tales of All Times   Twelve   The Giver                   Rantideva who was a king,…

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-27_Apendix _The Conquest of Knowledge.htm

Thirteen   The Conquest of Knowledge                 The great Rishi, Bhrigu, shining in splendour, sat on the summit of Mount Kailas, and Bharadwadja questioned…

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-28_Apendix _Modesty.htm

Fourteen   Modesty   Who is this coming to the door of this Japanese house?  It is the flower-artist, the man who is skilled in…

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