Category: Tales

As Mullah Nasruddin is widely known for his learning and wisdom, it happened once upon a time that he received a visit from a woman with a very worried expression. Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin took a long journey to Arabia. When he returned, his neighbours all welcomed him warmly, and then began to question him Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a certain desert father, who had given up all comfort and devoted himself to constant wandering in his search for the knowledge of Continue Reading →

The first part of the story is here. Yama, the god of death, granted Nachiketas three boons, and for his third boon Nachiketas asked to know the mystery of what Continue Reading →

In Hindu mythology, there was once a sage named Vajashravas, and he had a son named Nachiketas. It happened that Vajashravas wished to ask a gift of the gods, and Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin met an acquaintance in the street and they began to talk. After they had discussed one matter after another, the man Continue Reading →

The tale is told in India that once the Wind and the Sun argued as to which was the more powerful. And while they were quarrelling, a man came by Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin was visited by his two married daughters. After all the usual warm greetings, Nasruddin asked them, “What are you and your Continue Reading →

The following is a Jataka tale, meaning an illustration of virtue in a previous life of the one who was destined to be Gautama Buddha. It is a clear parallel Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a certain rakshasa or demon named Bhamasura spent years in the snow-bound Himalayas performing austerities in devotion to Lord Shiva. In time, his Continue Reading →