Category: Tales

There was once upon a time a monk who, by his devotion and austerities and meditation, had won the favour of a certain goddess. She observed his habits for a Continue Reading →

There was once upon a time a certain governor of a large estate who was sitting with a couple of his friends, amusing them with stories of the peasant farmers Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a certain farmer had developed the ability to grow very fine watermelons, and one year he grew one that was larger than anyone Continue Reading →

In India once upon a time there was a man named Ponnan, who was married to a woman named Bindi. Although they were poor, Ponnan was unable to control his Continue Reading →

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 →