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TELL ME A STORY - series BY CHINMAY MISSION

Tell me a story-series-1,2,3 About The Book: The series ‘Tell me a story’ contains olden historical stories like stories from ‘The RAMAYANA , The MAHABHARATA’ and similar stories of kings, sages, giants, Rakshasas, Gods etc. I was very lucky to get these books as a gift during my visit to Chinmay Mission. The series is written by   SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA and SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA two great ‘swamis’. What’s in there? There are amples and amples of stories in each of the three books.    The series is a bit like ‘PANCHATANTRA/AESOPS FABLES/ARABIAN NIGHTS. There are also stories about great people like MAHARSHI VALMIKI, MAHARSHI NARAD and BRAMHADEV, great scholars and foolish people like ‘Kittu – the Wise” – you will understand his foolishness. Oh! That is only if you read the book. There are stories about how good people turn into bad people and then learn life-changing lessons and become good again. Most of the stories are based on devotion to God i.e ...