Category: Tales

In Hindu mythology, there was once a sage named Vajashravas, and he had a son named Nachiketas. It happened that Vajashravas wished to ask a gift of the gods, and Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin met an acquaintance in the street and they began to talk. After they had discussed one matter after another, the man Continue Reading →

The tale is told in India that once the Wind and the Sun argued as to which was the more powerful. And while they were quarrelling, a man came by Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin was visited by his two married daughters. After all the usual warm greetings, Nasruddin asked them, “What are you and your Continue Reading →

The following is a Jataka tale, meaning an illustration of virtue in a previous life of the one who was destined to be Gautama Buddha. It is a clear parallel Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a certain rakshasa or demon named Bhamasura spent years in the snow-bound Himalayas performing austerities in devotion to Lord Shiva. In time, his Continue Reading →

The great saint from Maharashtra, Namdev, was a devotee of Lord Shiva, and once, during his prayers and meditations, he begged his Lord for the blessing of constant communion–to be Continue Reading →

The experience of Mullah Nasruddin is much wider than people think. In his youth, for example, he once served a Sufi shaikh, thinking that he might learn something useful. He Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that the great Emperor Tamerlane, in the course of his journeys, came to the village where Mullah Nasruddin was living. Thinking that it would Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin was invited to have a meal at the home of the local magistrate. This was very unusual, as it was known Continue Reading →