Early morning, a boy used to go for a run. During his run he would pass by a pond. Somedays, he used to see an old lady, cleaning back of small turtles living at that pond. Boy saw her many times and started wondering what could be the reason. So, one day, boy went to…
It was still dark in morning. A man came out for walk at river bank. After walking for while his foot hit a bag. Out of curiosity, man picked up that bag and put his hand in bag. On touching he found that bag was filled with stones. To pass time, man sat there and…
Once a monk visited a village. Many people visited him. Among many villagers was one woman who was despised by others. After talking for a while, woman invited him to her house for dinner. Monk humbly accepted the invitation and started following her. On way, when people saw that monk was going with that woman,…
Long ago there was a young man who always used to visit Sages and Yogis. Once he stayed with a yogi and pleased with his service Yogi said, “If you have any wish, i can fulfil it.” Young man wanted to gain fame. He said, “I want to become powerful. I want to know the…
A man was suffering from a lot of pain at time of his death. Seeing him, many people gathered there. Just then a monk came there, people standing there asked monk to give a solution so that that dying man could be free from pain. Monk said, “If soil from heaven is brought and applied…
A man went to Buddha and asked, “What is value of life?” Buddha gave him a shinning stone and said, “Go to market and find out about value of this stone and come back. But remember not to sell it to anyone.” Man went to market. First he met a fruit seller and showed him…
A King had four sons. One day, he called his sons and said, “Go and find a religious person and whoever will find the most religious person will get the throne.” After few days, his eldest son brought a Scholar who had knowledge of many religious scriptures. King welcomed him and appreciated his work. After…
A Young man once saw a very rich man and was impressed by him. So, he decided to become rich. He started working hard and soon he started earning good amount of money. Meanwhile, he met a scholar. He was surprised to see the opulence of scholar and decided to become a scholar himself. So,…
Once a man bought a diamond to a King and said, “Maharaj! I want to sell this diamond.” King asked, “What’s price?” Man said, “Maharaj! Whatever you think is right price for this diamond.” King consulted ministers and jewelers about diamond price but no one could decide on value of diamond as it was a…
Long time ago, after two years of marriage, a young man expressed to his wife, his desire to go abroad and do business. His wife agreed. Young man left for his journey. Young man reached foreign country and worked hard. There he earned a lot of money and became a rich merchant. After eighteen years,…