Here are some enlightening short stories filled with valuable lessons to refresh your soul, transform your fear into hope and trust, fill your mind and heart with positivity and inspire you to create something beautiful out of your life.
Once an old man was walking by bank of the river. There he saw that a tortoise came out from the river on edge of river bank. When tortoise stopped at edge of river bank, a scorpion who was sitting at edge, jumped on its back. Old man saw that, after scorpion sat on tortoise…
Once in a city lived a Seth (Rich man) who was pious. Whenever any Mahatma or Sadhu visited his city, he would invite them to his house and serve them. One day, a Mahatma came to Seth’s house. Seth and Sethani (Rich man wife) welcomed Mahatma and served him food. After some time, Seth went…
Once in a village, lived a wealthy man who had to go on trip for his work. He started his journey. On his way, he had to pass by a dense forest. When he reached middle of forest, he got very tired by that time, so he sat down under a tree. While resting, he…
Once a rich man was going to office. On the way his car broke down, it was very important for him to reach office at time. So, he looked around and saw a rickshaw under a tree, rickshaw puller was lying down near by, humming songs. Rich man was surprised to see, rickshaw puller sitting…
Once lived a rich man, who had lots of property, a huge mansion and servants still there was no peace of mind. One day someone told him that a Sage lives in nearby area. He told him that, Sage have such power that, if people go to him, by his power he would give people…
Once lived a King who was very arrogant. Due to his arrogance, he did not have good relation with King ruling surrounding kingdom. Even people of his own kingdom used to criticize him. A sage who was passing through kingdom, heard about King and thought of teaching him a lesson. Sage started walking toward King’s…
A herd of swans was passing over the beach. A crow was also having fun at same place. He looked at swans with disdainful eyes and jokingly said, “You guys fly so well!! You just flap yours wings.. Can you fly as fast as me? Can you show acrobatics in air like me? No.. You…
Once in a village lived a rich man. Near his house was a small shop of a poor cobbler. That cobbler had special habit that whenever he worked, stitched the shoes, he kept on humming the hymns of God. Once rich man got sick. He consulted many doctors but there was no improvement in his…
Once evil spirits complained to God, “Why are they treated so badly, good spirits live in such a magnificent palace and we are all in ruins, why is this discrimination?” God explained to them, “I made everyone equal but you have become evil spirits by your actions.” But even after God’s persuasion, evil spirits kept…
Fight over division of property and land was going on between two sons of Seth and dispute about a house was getting deeper. One day both brother were fighting so much as if they were ready to kill each other any moment.. When Seth saw them like this, he laughed very loudly. Seeing their father…