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The Golden Deer of the Banyan Grove

12 min · India · Kindness · Wisdom

In an old deer park near Varanasi, a golden-coated deer king quietly takes the place of a young doe who is carrying her fawn, and by that one still act of compassion turns a king’s heart and brings lasting peace to the whole forest.

Retold from Jataka Tales, by Ellen C. Babbitt.

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Story 6 of The Quiet Temple, starting at 1:10:01.