The Buddha Siddhartha Gautama was born in 563 BCE. Because of his compassion for mankind he chose to preach his message to all people which he did from the age of 35.

	How Robber Finger-Necklace became a monk He was called Finger-Necklace, because of all the people he murdered and cut off their fingers and hung them on a necklace around his neck. Buddha changed him.

	Krishna Vishnu has ten incarnations on Earth in order to maintain the balance between good and evil until Shiva brings an end to this cycle of the universe. Krishna is the eighth incarnation of Vishnu.

	King Yudhishthira goes to Heaven This is the story of how King Yudhishthira passed a number of tests of compassion to enter Heaven.

	Samson and Delilah This is the story of the Philistine Delilah's betrayal to the Israelite Samson over the secret of Samson's great strength, and how he killed them all with the power of God.

	Rabbi Akiba Rabbi Akiba was certainly the greatest of the voluntary profession of rabbis who followed the pharasaic tradition in continuing the development of the Oral Law and was a central figure in Judaism.

	The Companions of the Cave The meaning of the parable of the Companions of the Cave was revealed to Mohammed in reply to cynics who continually tried to trick the Prophet by their questions and argument.

	The Prophet Mohammed Mohammed was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 571 CE. He received a revelation from God in 610 and began preaching Islam in public three years later.

	Guru Angad Angad was born in 1504 CE of a devout Hindu family in the Punjab in Northern India. His life was changed by a meeting with Guru Nanak who was preaching at a Hindu pilgrimage attended by Angad's family.

	Guru Har Rai Har Rai became Guru in 1644 on the death of his grandfather, Guru Hargobind. He died in 1661. It is suspected that he may have been poisoned by his jealous brother.

	Saint Thomas, Apostle of India Saint Thomas was one of Jesus' twelve apostles and came to India about 52 CE. He founded churches in Kerala which still survive and whose adherents call themselves St Thomas' Christians.

	Saint Mark the Evangelist He is held by the Eastern church to be the writer of the New Testament. He is also held by the Coptic Church to have been a native of Cyrenaica, the western coastal region of modern Libya, at that time part of the Roman Empire.