Category: Tales

When the Hindu god Vishnu decreed the churning of the Great Ocean, the first product that arose was a stream of poison that Lord Shiva drank in order to protect Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin was travelling, and arrived at an inn while it was pouring rain. He entered the inn, soaked to the skin, and Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin lived next door to a man and wife who were very poor, and who also day-dreamed a lot. Whether the day-dreaming Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a monk was climbing onto a train just when it was starting to leave the platform. As he scrambled to mount the moving Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a duck was swimming on a lake, and came into conversation with a fish that lived there. As they were both of a Continue Reading →

Once a student came to her guru and asked, “Guru-ji, this life is full of illusion. I wish to find the truth. What is the way to go forward on Continue Reading →

There was, once upon a time, a man who lived far out in the wilderness, near a track along which travellers sometimes journeyed. This man lived very poorly, but it Continue Reading →

There was once upon a time a certain man who had devoted his whole life to the search for God, and although he was a humble person who never said Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that two merchants met at an oasis in the middle of a wide desert. One was from a land by the sea and carried Continue Reading →

There was, once upon a time, a man who had adopted a most regrettable way of life. With a wife and children and aged parents to support, he had become Continue Reading →