Category: Tales

There was, once upon a time, a certain country that was ruled by a terrible tyrant. All who lived there suffered from his cruelty, his vicious soldiers, his arbitrary taxes Continue Reading →

A speaker came to address a congregation. “I will tell you a story,” he said to the gathering. “Will there be anyone among you who can explain it?” The listeners Continue Reading →

It happened once that in a certain kingdom there was a man by the name of Ramaya who had somehow acquired the reputation of having a ‘bad’ countenance – people Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a certain monk was making his way through the wilderness when he came upon two devils fighting. When they saw the monk, the Continue Reading →

All the world knows that Hunuman was the devotee of Lord Rama. He served his lord sincerely, and nothing else had value for him. Once it happened that Sita was Continue Reading →

Long ago in India there was a king by the name of Ambarisha, who was deeply devoted to Lord Vishnu. So pure and sincere was his worship that the great Continue Reading →

Bankei Yotaku was a Japanese Rinzai Zen master in the Edo period. When he passed away, a blind man who lived near the monastery said: “Since I am blind, I Continue Reading →

The great epic, the Mahabharata, tells of the bitter strife between the two related families, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. Principal among the Kauravas was Duryodhana, who looked for any Continue Reading →

The great epic of the Ramayana tells of how Rama, an avatar of Lord Vishnu, was sent into exile with his wife Sita. It came to pass when his father Continue Reading →

There is no doubt that God takes care of His devotees, as this story shows. It happened once in India that a soldier was placed on sentry duty at night, Continue Reading →