Pain of Wound

"Dad, my leg is injured. Its paining a lot.", cried a five year old child. Hearing this, his father left everything and embraced the child and rushed towards one km away hospital on foot. He left cash counter, shop, house etc. behind on his servants' mercy.

Sharpness of Experience

Once upon a time, a group of people, that included young and old people; were doing job of cutting trees. Young people were extremely hardworking. They even continued their job of cutting trees during their breaks, and often complained about the less time and effort elder people of group used to devote to their jobs. The elder people used to take multiple breaks too.

Sacrifice of Ego

There was a just and popular emperor who ruled in ancient India. All his life he fought many battles and expanded his empire to great extents. Besides this, he also treated his subjects very kindly. The people in his kingdom enjoyed all liberty in their lives. As the emperor grew older, his thirst for spirituality increased. Now he wished to attain salvation.

How Poor We Are

There was a boy, whose family was very wealthy. One day his father took him on a trip to the country, where he aimed to show his son, how poor people live. So they arrived to a farm of a very poor family, as he considered. They spent there several days. On their return, the father asked his son if he liked the trip.

Strength of Truth

Kabir, the poet - saint was humming a doha (a couplet) as he sat weaving in his hut. It is natural for saints to revel in divine thoughts, even while engaged in work.

Which Lion You Feed

Once upon a time, in a tribal region of African continent, a tribal group was moving from one village to another. Inside that tribe, there were several children who used to play among each other. One day, while they were playing, tribal leader scolded them for making noises. A child from the group went near his father and asked, "Respected Father, I have a question. Today our tribal leader scolded us while we were playing, although we were not making much noises. On other days, he also used to happily play with us and we make much more noise together. Why does he behave so differently? Why is he good sometimes and so bad at other times?"

The Truth of Outer Beauty

Once upon a time a prince met a very beautiful young girl. Immediately upon seeing her beauty, the prince decided to marry the beautiful girl. But she didn’t want to marry him, as she knew that the prince was only interested in her material senses, her beauty, and not her real self.

Truth Alone Triumphs

Once a man came to a saint and said, “Oh Saint, I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I give up first?”

Never Allow a Cat in your Life

A great saint was dying and he said to his successor, a young man, “Remember one thing: never allow a cat in your life,” and he died. A big crowd had gathered to listen to the last statement of this great saint… and what a sentence! “Never allow a cat in your life.” The successor said, “My god, why should I allow a cat in my life in the first place? And this is the whole religion?” But an old man — who was also a disciple, but was not chosen as a successor because he was too old; he was himself going to die within a year or two — said, “You don’t know, there is a long story behind it. He has just given you the punch line.”

Vultures of an Island

A group of vultures was searching for food. After flying for a while, they found an island. The island was like heaven for those vultures. The island and surroundings were full of frogs, fishes etc. Also there was no threat of any wild animal who could attack them.

Pigeons of Worship House

Few pigeons lived happily on the terrace of an ancient temple. During the time of annual festival of Diwali, renovation was organized for temple. Due to this, the pigeons had to leave temple and they went to a nearby church.

How to Love Everybody

There lived a little girl in Calcutta who was very fond of Holy Mother. The Mother too loved the child and often gave her sweets to eat. When the Mother was to leave Calcutta for Jayrambati, the girl became very sad. The Mother too felt equally sad.