Wisdom Tales from Around the World

Wisdom Tales from Around the World
Author: Heather Forest
Publisher: august house
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1996
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780874834796

A collection of traditional stories from around the world, reflecting the cumulative wisdom of Sufi, Zen, Taoist, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, African, and Native American cultures.

Tales of Wisdom and Wonder

Tales of Wisdom and Wonder
Author: Hugh Lupton
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-04
Genre: Folklore
ISBN: 9781782853978

A collection of seven tales from around the world featuring remarkable animals and extraordinary people reminding us of how vast and mysterious the world is and how our lives can be transformed in the most unexpected circumstances.

The Long Path to Wisdom

The Long Path to Wisdom
Author: Jan-Philipp Sendker
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1590519655

From the author of the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats comes this charming collection of folktales that offer a window into Burma’s fascinating history and culture. Since 1995 Jan-Philipp Sendker has visited Myanmar (Burma) dozens of times, and while doing research for his novels The Art of Hearing Heartbeats and A Well-Tempered Heart, he encountered numerous folktales and fables. These moving stories speak to the rich mythology of the diverse peoples of Burma, the spirituality of humankind, and the profound social impact of Buddhist thought. Some are so strange he couldn’t classify them or identify a familiar moral, while others reminded him of the fairy tales of his childhood, except that here monkeys, tigers, elephants, and crocodiles inhabited the fantastic lands instead of hedgehogs, donkeys, or geese. Their morals resemble those of the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen, illustrating how all cultures draw on a universal wisdom to create their myths. The Long Path to Wisdom’s evocative stories run the gamut of human emotions, from the familiar to the shocking, and are sure to delight fans of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats as well as those newly discovering the magic of Sendker’s incandescent writing.

Jewish Stories of Wisdom

Jewish Stories of Wisdom
Author: Patrick Fischmann
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2016-02-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0316270717

An illustrated keepsake collection of old-world Jewish tales of faith and morality. Beautifully packaged with a cloth case, foil stamping, a ribbon book marker, and lush full-color artwork on every page. Jewish Stories of Wisdom is the perfect antidote to our busy, modern lives. It serves as a daily companion that one can return to again and again for a much-needed moment of spiritual sustenance. The 34 stories in this uplifting collection can be read in solitude or shared with others. Among them are "The Poet and the Pirate," "The Language of the Kings," "The Laughter of the Light," "The True Beauty," and many others. Patrick Fischmann is a writer whose work is to gather stories from around the world for a multicultural and spiritual awakening. He is the author of dozens of titles including several in the Contes des Sages series published by Editions du Seuil in France. He is a storyteller, singer, and multi-instrument songwriter. He lives in France.

WISDOM TALES

WISDOM TALES
Author: J.M MEHTA
Publisher: V&S Publishers
Total Pages: 63
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9352151984

As the name suggests, Wisdom Tales is a collection of 30 stories written and compiled by well-known author, J.M. Mehta. Each story begins with a line of wisdom expressing the crux of the story and teaching a simple but important value of life which should be imbibed by one and all to remain happy and become successful.The values included in the given stories are honesty, kindness, faith, sacrifice, patience, humility, friendship, gratefulness, sincerity, etc. If we can adopt even some of the above mentioned values in our day to day life, we can improve our conduct and change our lifestyle completely.In addition to the opening line of wisdom, there is also a box at the end of each story named, "e;Pearls of Wisdom"e;. This is where the author has emphasized the deep, inner meaning hidden within the story highlighting the moral value associated with it.Therefore dear readers, go through these invaluable collections of inspiring, enlightening and entertaining stories, and read it out to your family and friends.

Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories

Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories
Author: Mark W. McGinnis
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2004-11-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0834826011

Around the beginning of the common era, Indian Buddhists began to collect fables, or jataka tales, illuminating various human virtues and foibles—from kindness, cooperation, loyalty and self-discipline on the one hand to greed, pride, foolishness, and treachery on the other. Instead of populating these stories with people, they cast the animals of their immediate environment in the leading roles—which may have given the tales a universal appeal that helped them travel around the world, surfacing in the Middle East as Aesop's fables and in various other guises throughout East and Southeast Asia, Africa, Russia, and Europe. Author and painter Mark McGinnis has collected over forty of these hallowed popular tales and retold them in vividly poetic yet accessible language, their original Buddhist messages firmly intact. Each story is accompanied with a beautifully rendered full-color painting, making this an equally attractive book for children and adults, whether Buddhist or not, who love fine stories about their fellow wise (and foolish) creatures.

The Man Who Dreamed of Elk Dogs

The Man Who Dreamed of Elk Dogs
Author:
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1937786005

Features twenty-three traditional stories from the Blackfoot, Lakota, Assiniboin, Pawnee, and Cheyenne nations about how horses first appeared to the tribes of the American Plains.

The Fantastic Adventures of Krishna

The Fantastic Adventures of Krishna
Author:
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1937786056

Hidden amongst the poor cowherds, Krishna uses his miraculous powers to fight an evil demon king who has overthrown the peaceful kingdom of Mathura.

More Than True

More Than True
Author: Robert Bly
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2018-03-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1250158206

The National Book Award–winning poet examines how the enduring narratives of fairy tales capture the essence of human nature. Fairy tales have remarkable power to touch the human spirit—and they are uniquely capable of retaining that power through time and across borders. Celebrated poet and bestselling author Robert Bly has spent decades investigating the origins and meanings of these deceptively simple stories. In More Than True, Bly looks at six tales that have long captivated him, from “The Six Swans” to “The Frog Prince.” Drawing on his own creative vision, and the work of a range of thinkers from Kirkegaard and Yeats to Freud and Jung, Bly brings new meaning and illumination to these timeless tales. Along with illustrations of each story, the book features some of Bly’s unpublished poetry, which peppers his lyric prose and offers a look inside the mind of an American master of letters in the twilight of his singular career.

Doorways to the Soul

Doorways to the Soul
Author: Elisa Davy Pearmain
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2007-12-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1556357400

Winner of the Storytelling World Honor Award, 1999 Stories hold the promise of illuminating generation after generation of listeners with truths at each new telling. In this delightful collection of wisdom tales, parables, and anecdotes from around the world, Elisa Pearmain offers an uplifting story for each week of the year to invite persons of all ages to discover the universal power of Once upon a time . . . Presenting timeless tales from a panoply of cultures, along with questions for reflection, she gives creative suggestions to strengthen our connection to our spiritual selves and to the wondrously diverse world around us.