Category: Tales

It happened once upon a time that a certain monk was approached by a seeker who requested to become his student. The monk lived quietly in the countryside, and he Continue Reading →

It is said that when Guru Nanak, the inspired soul whose teaching founded the Sikh religion, reached the end of his life, in his final illness he was lying beneath Continue Reading →

There was once a certain Sufi sage who had worked upon himself for many years, and who, although he made no claim or show, was often visited by seekers and Continue Reading →

A Sufi awoke one night, and said to himself: “It seems to me that this world is like a chest in which we are put, and the lid is shut Continue Reading →

There was, once upon a time, a certain philosopher who had devoted his life to the search for truth, steadfastly discarding all illusion in his pursuit of the real. As Continue Reading →

There was, once upon a time, a king who built for himself an extraordinarily magnificent palace. He poured uncounted wealth into it, erecting gilded towers and shapely cupolas, and adorning Continue Reading →

In the long poem of Sufi wisdom called The Conference of the Birds, Fariduddin Attar gives the following tale about the prophet Joseph and his jealous brothers. When Joseph’s treacherous Continue Reading →

There was, once upon a time, a woman who had gone very far on the path of Truth. She had sacrificed all for her journey, and Divine Compassion had generously Continue Reading →

There was once upon a time a certain peasant who went into the countryside with his donkey to gather brush wood to sell in the market. All day he collected Continue Reading →

There was, once upon a time a man who got a job as a rural postman. It was not complicated work – his duty was to walk through the countryside, Continue Reading →