Category: Tales

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 →

Narada Muni is known in Hindu mythology as a divine sage, a constantly wandering musician who also serves as a messenger of the gods. It happened once upon a time Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin was sitting in a tea-house and fell into conversation with a stranger. Nasruddin asked the man about himself, and the stranger Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a certain Shaikh was walking with a large number of students, and they came to a garden. The atmosphere of the garden was Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a young man with an interest in the deeper side of life discovered a dervish sitting under a tree outside of his village.  The Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a man died, and his son was very concerned that he should do whatever religious duties were necessary so that his father would Continue Reading →

The members of a certain congregation noticed that one preacher, whenever he got up to address them, always began by mentioning the wicked – but not in the way you Continue Reading →

There was, once upon a time, a merchant prince who came to a city he did not know, and there he began to trade. At first he did very well, Continue Reading →

There was once upon a time a most beautiful and colourful parrot who lived in the branches of a fig tree. The parrot, whose feathers showed every colour of the Continue Reading →