Subject: Religious Stories

Posted by Prof. Dr. Niall Palfreyman on 7/14/2005
In Reply To:Religious Stories Posted by sharada on 7/12/2005

Message:

Hi,

I should like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has replied with thoughts on my post regarding religious stories. I now have a wealth of ideas and offers of stories - thank you.

What only now strikes me is that I forgot to mention that it is my intention to reformulate these stories as children's stories, which of course puts some limits on what material I can use. In particular it does mean that I am looking for relatively pithy, standalone, parable-like stories. As an example, Sharada Chandrasekar suggested the Mahabharata; however I've looked at the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, and find I'm hopelessly overwhelmed. I don't know the script at all well enough to pick out a section which could be used as the basis of a standalone parable. This is where it would be really helpful if people could send me references to concrete passages which I could use, or else links where I can find the relevant passages online.

Thanks,
Niall Palfreyman.

Follow Ups:

Religious Stories - Linda Booth Sweeney 7/15/2005 
Religious Stories - Clelia Scott 7/20/2005
Religious Stories - Robert P. Giebitz 7/19/2005
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