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  • The King Who Understood Animals: A Story About Using Knowledge Wisely

    Dharma Publishing

    Paperback (Dharma Publishing, April 16, 2013)
    Senaka, king of Benares, protects a snake under attack. The snake offers the king a secret spell that allows him to understand the speech of animals. This gift, however, comes with a price: if Senaka ever reveals the spell, he will die.
    K

  • A Friend to All: A Story About Kindness

    Rosalyn White

    2009 (Dharma Publishing, Nov. 16, 2009)
    A woodpecker risks his life to save a lion in distress. When it is time for the lion to repay the woodpecker his kindness, he proudly rebuffs the bird. Yet the woodpecker refrains from anger and revenge, saying that kindness is its own reward.
    I

  • The Monkey King: A Story About Compassion and Leadership

    Dharma Publishing

    Paperback (Dharma Publishing, April 16, 2013)
    A Monkey King whose tribe is attacked by humans risks his life to save his troop. When he is fatally harmed by one of his own subjects, the good monkey leader dies of a broken heart. A human king who observes this display of selflessness, vows to always remember the teachings of the noble Monkey King.
    K

  • The Hunter and the Quail: The Story About the Power of Cooperation

    Dharma Publishing

    Paperback (Dharma Publishing, June 16, 2010)
    Using a net, a hunter captures many birds. A wise quail shows the birds how, by cooperating, they can lift up the net and escape. Birds distracted by petty quarrels are easily trapped, but those able to set aside their differences live safely in peace.
    E

  • The Value of Friends: A Story About Helping Friends in Need

    Dharma Publishing

    Paperback (Dharma Publishing, May 7, 2015)
    Following his wife's advice, a hawk makes friends with a lion, an osprey, and a great tortoise. Later, when hunters discover the hawks' nest and seek to capture their young, each of the friends responds in turn to save the little birds.
    N

  • A Wise Ape Teaches Kindness: A Story About the Power of Positive Actions

    Dharma Publishing

    Paperback (Dharma Publishing, April 16, 2013)
    A great ape, living in the deep forest, is always ready to help other creatures. One day he discovers a farmer trapped in a ravine. The ape rescues the man by carrying him on his back up the steep walls of the pit. Afterward, when the ape is resting, the farmer tries to kill him. Instead of taking revenge, the wise ape demonstrates compassion for the man.
    E

  • Courageous Captain: A Story About the Power of Good Action

    Rosalyn White

    Paperback (Dharma Publishing, Nov. 16, 2009)
    Young men who are searching for a treasure beg a famous retired sea captain to accompany them, hoping his presence will bring good luck on their journey. The captain's help while they cross dangerous seas teaches them that wisdom and good actions are more reliable than hope and fascination.

  • The Spade Sage: The Story About Finding Happiness

    Dharma Publishing

    Paperback (Dharma Publishing, April 16, 2013)
    A gardener who owns nothing but a spade feels that something is missing in his life. One day he leaves his spade behind in order to live in the forest and find happiness. In the forest, however, he can think only of his garden, his spade, and his old life. After going back and forth between the forest and his work seven times, he lets go of his past and finds freedom.
    E

  • The Proud Peacock: A Story About Humility

    Dharma Publishing

    Paperback (Dharma Publishing, April 16, 2013)
    A golden mallard, chosen by the birds to be their king, grants his daughter's wish to select her own mate. From all available candidates, the princess chooses an elegant peacock. Delighted, the peacock shows off his beauty. Realizing his prideful nature, the mallard princess rejects the peacock and chooses a more modest mate. Deeply ashamed, the peacock utters a hoarse cry of dismay. To this day, peacocks still make this same sound.
    E

  • Magic of Patience

    Rosalyn White

    Paperback (Dharma Publishing, Feb. 16, 2009)
    Buffalo persists in being kind and patient with the mischievous Monkey, despite all his annoying tricks.
    M

  • Parrot and the Fig Tree

    Roxanne Hart

    Hardcover (Dharma Pub, Dec. 1, 1986)
    A parrot who dwells happily in a fruitful fig tree is tested for his loyalty to the tree by Shakra, king of the gods, who causes the tree to dry up.

  • Fish King's Power of Truth

    Lama Mipham

    Paperback (Dharma Publishing, Jan. 1, 1990)
    Children aged five to eight.
    L