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The Long Thread - Ancient Stories For The Present Moment. — 100 episodes
100: What the Buddha Discovered the Night He Sat Under the Bodhi Tree
99: Putana - She Came With Poison. He Gave Her Grace.
98: King Sivi and the Dove - The Vow That Reached Heaven
97: Nanda - The Buddha's Half-Brother Who Became a Monk for All the Wrong Reasons
96: Rabia - The Woman Who Wanted to Burn Paradise and Flood Hell
95: Menaka and Vishwamitra
94: The Tortoise Who Almost Made It
93: Kunti - The Mother Who Placed Her Firstborn in the River and Never Forgot
92: Trishanku - The King Who Got Exactly as Far as Wanting Too Much Would Take Him
91: Andal - The Girl Who Wore the Garland Before She Offered It
90: Is That So? - The Zen Master Who Said Three Words to Everything
89: Shabari - The Woman Who Waited Decades for One Afternoon
88: The Soup of the Soup - A Nasruddin Story About How Far One Duck Can Travel
87: They Brought a Lion Back to Life Just to Prove They Could
86: Nalagiri - The Elephant Sent to Kill the Buddha
85: Bahubali - The Man Who Stood So Still the Forest Grew Around Him
84: The Quail Who Refused to Eat
83: Markandeya - The Boy Who Was Given Exactly Sixteen Years to Live
82: The Parrot Who Wouldn't Leave the Cage
81: The Goat That Became a Dog, a Calf, and a Donkey - A Panchatantra Story
80: Mohini and the Nectar — The Trick the Gods Played to Win the War
79: Samudra Manthan - The Poison the Gods Never Saw Coming
78: Three Fish in a Pond - A Panchatantra Story About the Three Ways We Meet Danger
77: The Raft - The Buddha's Teaching About Letting Go of the Thing That Saved You
76: Nasruddin and the Stolen Bag - The Strangest Way Anyone Has Ever Found Joy
75: Vivekananda and the Eggshells - The Secret He Learned as a Boy in Calcutta
74: Urmila - The Woman Who Slept for Fourteen Years So the Ramayana Could Happen
73: Shankaracharya and the Chandala - The Morning the Greatest Philosopher Bowed to the Lowest Caste
72: Ram and the Squirrel - The Ramayana Story About the Contribution Nobody Noticed
71: Guru Nanak and the Needle - The Smallest Object That Asked the Biggest Question
70: The Monkey and the Crocodile - When Your Best Friend Tells You He's Going to Kill You
69: Kabir — The Man Who Tricked a Saint Into Becoming His Guru
68: Barbarika — The Greatest Warrior Who Never Fought
67: The Mouse Maid - When the Sun, the Cloud and the Mountain Were Not Enough
66: Arjuna and the Curse - The Story of the Punishment That Became Perfect Protection
65: The Story of Punna - The Answer That Made the Buddha Say Go
64: Ryokan and the Thief - The Monk Who Wished He Could Give Away the Moon
63: Arjuna's Bird's Eye - The One Answer That Changed Everything
62: Never Allow a Cat - The Last Words of a Dying Monk and the Long Story Behind Them
61: The Baby Quail - A Jataka Story About the One Thing Stronger Than Fire
60: Ajamila - The Man Who Was Saved by a Name He Wasn't Even Trying to Say
59: Banzo's Sword - The Zen Master Who Taught Everything Without Teaching Anything
58: Mirabai - A Love So Complete That Poison Became Nectar
57: The Merchant of Seri - A Jataka Story About the Price of Honesty
56: Hanuman and the Pearl Necklace - The Story That Shows What Devotion Actually Looks Like
55: Tukaram - The Poet Who Threw His Life's Work Into the River and Waited
54: The Heron and the Crab - A Panchatantra Story About the Promise That Was Never What It Seemed
53: Valmiki - The Highway Robber Who Wrote the Ramayana
52: Moving to a New Town — A Zen Story About the One Thing You Can't Leave Behind
51: Narada and Maya — The Day the Greatest Sage in the Universe Forgot Everything He Knew
50: Parikshit and the Snake King - What a King Did When He Had Seven Days to Live
49: The Monk and the Scorpion - A Story About What Happens When You Don't Change Your Nature
48: The Bundle of Misery - A Sufi Story About the Night God Finally Answered
47: The Poisoned Arrow - A Buddhist Parable About the Question That Is Killing You
46: Kannappa - The Hunter Who Gave His Eyes to Shiva and Was Called the Greatest Devotee
45: The Crow and the Snake - A Panchatantra Story About the Problem You Can't Solve Alone
44: Ashtavakra - The Boy Who Was Born Crooked and Understood What the Scholars Forgot
43: The Farmer and the Well — An Akbar-Birbal Story About the Most Elegant Justice Ever Delivered
42: Bhasmasura - The Hindu Story of the Power That Destroyed Its Own Master
41: The Seven Days - An Indian Story About the One Thing That Changes Everything
40: Ramana Maharshi's Silence - A Story About the Teaching That Needs No Words
39: Karna and his Armor - The Most Generous Act in All of Indian Literature
38: Birbal's Khichdi - An Akbar-Birbal Story About the Most Elegant Lesson in Justice Ever Delivered
37: The Brahmin's Dream - A Panchatantra Story About the Castles We Build in Our Heads
36: Sudama's Rice - A Bhagavatam Story About the Friend Who Ran Across the Courtyard
35: Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu - The Three Questions That Changed the Course of Buddhism
34: The Lion and the Rabbit - A Panchatantra Story About the Power of a Thinking Mind
33: The Most Irresistible Urge - A Sufi Story About the Ego's Most Subtle Trap
32: He Had Chanted God's Name More Times Than There Are Stars. It Wasn't Enough.
31: He Gave Up a Kingdom Without a Thought. One Small Animal Undid Everything.
30: A King Asked for One Sentence True in Joy and in Grief. This Is What He Was Given.
29: Why Your Biggest Flaw Might Be Your Greatest Gift
28: He Sat Upon a Stone as if it Were a Golden Throne - The Story of Chanakya and Chandragupta
27: Two Monks and a Woman - A Zen Story About What You Are Still Carrying
26: When You've Tried Everything and Nothing Works - The Gajendra Moksha
25: The Cat That Refused Milk - And What It Taught a King
24: Angulimala - A Buddhist story about the one person everyone had given up on.
23: The Birth of Krishna - A story from the Shrimad Bhagavatam about light entering the darkest place it could find.
22: The Sword Above the Bed - A Vedantic story about the only thing that makes life fully real.
21: Eklavya - A Hindu story about devotion so complete it needed no teacher.
20: The Wave and the Ocean - A story from the Vedantic tradition about what you are made of.
19: The Giver Should Be Thankful - A Zen story about gratitude and the gift of being allowed to give.
18: The Blue Jackal - A Panchatantra story about the moment the truth comes out.
17: The Empty Boat - A Zen story about the anger that was never really about the boat.
16: Dhruva and the North Star - A story from the Shrimad Bhagavatam about a child who refused to stop.
15: He Didn't Dry Himself. He Didn't Dress. He Just Walked Out. - A Jain Story of Transformation
14: The Talking Skull — A Sufi Story About Why Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
13: The Rabbit in the Moon — A Jataka Tale About the Most Selfless Gift
12: Prahlada's Faith - A story from the Shrimad Bhagavatam about a love nothing could destroy.
11: The Gates of Paradise — A Zen Story About Heaven and Hell That Will Surprise You
10: Nachiketa and the God of Death - An Ancient Indian Story About the Courage to Seek Truth
09: The Monkey King - A Jataka Tale About the Bridge Only You Can Build
08: The Farmer's Horse - An Ancient Taoist Story About the Stories We Tell Too Soon
07: Milarepa and the Demons - A Tibetan Story About Welcoming What Frightens You
06: Why the Buddha Sent a Grieving Mother Door to Door - A Buddhist story about grief and the gift of not being alone.
05: Narada and the Dancer - A Hindu Story About the Shortest Path to God
04: The Blind Men and the Elephant - An ancient wisdom story about humility and the limits of certainty.
03: The Empty Cup - A Zen story about beginner's mind.
02: Why Ganesha Won the Race - A Hindu mythology story about what truly matters.
01: The Strawberry - A Zen story about being fully alive.