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, in a village lived an old man who was poor but had a very beautiful white horse. Old man was envied by many because of that horse. One day, King saw that horse and sent his minister to buy the horse. Minister came to old man’s house and offered a very good price for…
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 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,…
There was a woman, who used to get angry easily. Whole family was troubled by this habit of her and because of this, there was always an atmosphere of discord in family. One day, a saint came to that woman house. Woman welcomed him and then told him about her problem. She said, “Maharaj! I…
Once upon a time, a saint was sitting in his ashram. He had a disciple who used to get angry at little things. One day disciple came to him and said, “Guru ji, you meet everyone with love neither do you get angry at anyone, how? Please tell me what is secret to this?” Saint…
There was a college student who was always quiet in class. He didn’t talk to anyone much and didn’t have any friends. One of his teacher noticed this. He called him out after class and asked, “I often see you sit silent, neither talking to anyone nor showing interest in anything. What is reason for…
Once Lord Vishnu’s Garuda was at Kailash. There he noticed a small bird, at same time Yama Dev (God of Death) arrived at Kailash and looked at bird with surprise. Seeing this, Garuda understood that that bird’s end was near. He felt pity and to save that bird from Yama dev, he picked up that…