Category: Tales

Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya is said to have told the tale, that a certain Pir well acquainted with the Sufi path had a son, let us call him Mohammed, who had Continue Reading →

A farmer came to a Buddhist priest and asked him to recite sutras for his wife, who had just died. The priest did so, and when the recitation was over, Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin encountered a friend he had not seen for years. They greeted each warmly, and began to talk, catching up on all Continue Reading →

After years of struggling with his donkey, Mullah Nasruddin began to lose patience. It seemed the animal was more lazy and stubborn every day, not lifting a hoof off the Continue Reading →

A young student of zen, who felt he had accomplished a great deal, presented himself before a zen master, and to show his zen, declared, “The mind, Buddha, and sentient Continue Reading →

Once, long ago, there was a great sage whose name was Parnada. Through study, abstinence, holy sacrifices, long meditation and difficult disciplines he had trampled human limitations underfoot and earned Continue Reading →

It happened once that two students came and greeted their guru, and respectfully requested that he resolve an uncertainty they had. ‘Guru-ji,’ said one, ‘we have a doubt about the Continue Reading →

It happened once long ago in Japan that there was a storyteller who was famed for his skill. Those who listened to his stories seemed to experience the events as Continue Reading →

There is always a great deal of symbolism in the appearance ascribed to a deity, but what can we learn from. the fact that Ganesha, the elephant headed god in Continue Reading →

It happened long ago in Japan that a blind man went to visit a friend. They talked far into the evening, and when the blind man was taking his leave, Continue Reading →