Stories

When King Anoschirwan travelled through the land with his people, he came to a desolate area in the mountains where there weren’t even any pathetic little shepherd huts. The King’s cook lamented, “Noble Sultan! I am here to please your palate. But in our canteen we don’t

A young wife fell sick and was about to die. “I love you so much,” she told her husband, “I do not want to leave you. Do not go from me to any other woman. If you do, I will return as a ghost and cause you endless trouble.” Soon

When Bankei held his seclusion weeks of meditation, pupils from many parts of Japan came to attend. During one of these gatherings a pupil was caught stealing. The matter was reported to Bankei with the request that the culprit be expelled. Bankei ignored the case. Later the pupil was caught

Maharaja Gopichand was ruling his state in which he had all the comforts. Guru Gorakhnath came there and was preaching. The Maharaja heard his sermons, was deeply transformed, and decided to take sanyas. He said to his mother, “I want to take sanyas.” His mother being a wise lady, said,

There is a legend about a wise man who was sitting outside his village. A traveller came up and asked him, “What kind of people live in this village, because I am looking to move from my present one?” The wise man asked, “What kind of people live where you

A young officer, who wanted to listen to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s lecture, got down from the train with a suitcase to go to the lecture hall. Vidyasagar also got down from the same train with a suitcase. The young officer was shouting for a cooli. Vidyasagar went to him