Stories

Many years ago, a rider came across some soldiers who were trying to move a heavy log without success. The corporal was standing by as the men struggled. The rider asked the corporal why he wasn’t helping. The corporal replied, “I am the corporal; I only give orders.” The

It was the sacred Janamashtami day, the birthday of Lord Krishna. A poor woman, whose husband had been paralysed, had promised her three little starving children a Janamashtami feast. She was a devotee of the Lord. She felt sure the Lord would send her enough and more to provide her

A man very much wanted to renounce the world but he claimed that his family loved him too much to let him go. “Love?” said his Guru. “That isn’t love at all. Listen.” And he revealed a yogic secret to the disciple whereby he could simulate the state of

Guru Nanak knew of a certain rich miser Dhuni Chand, who only lived to hoard. He once gave the latter a needle. “A needle, my Lord!” the rich man was puzzled. “What do I do with this?” “Oh, keep it safely and return it to me when you meet me

A little girl, who had been told that Lincoln was not very good looking, was taken by her father to see the president at the White House. Lincoln took her on his knee and chatted with her for a while in his gentle, humorous way. Suddenly the little girl called

Professor Kelvin, unable to meet his class one day, posted on the door of his lecture room a notice that read, “Professor Kelvin will not meet his classes today.” The disappointed class decided to play a joke on the professor. Erasing the “c” they left the message to read, “Professor