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 a craftsman went to the forest to find a stone to make an idol. There he found a very shiny and good stone. Seeing that stone he got very happy and took it with him. When he was returning to his home, on his way he found another good stone. He picked up that … Read more
One day a saint was sitting at the side of the road, when a man came up to him and said, “Sir, could you please tell me, how far away is the village? How long it will take to reach there?” Saint said nothing. He got up and gestured man to continue on his way … Read more
A farmer had a very beautiful daughter. One day, a young boy came to farmer and expressed his desire to marry his daughter. Farmer looked at him and said, “Young man, you go to the fields. I am going to release three bulls one by one. If you grab tail of any of those three … Read more
Long ago, in a kingdom lived a man who was famous for being ill-omened (unlucky). At last people complained to King about that man. King didn’t believed this belief of people and decided to investigate himself. So, he sent his soldiers to bring that man to palace and made arrangement for him to stay. Next … Read more
A famous painter lived in a city. Thousands of people used to come to see his painting exhibition in the country and would not get tired of praising his work. Once he thought that what if people praise him only on his face and find fault in his work behind his back. Thinking this, he … Read more
Once upon a time, a sad devotee was complaining to God, “You don’t take care of me. I am such a big devotee of you, i serve you day and night. Still why do i have to suffer the most in my life? There are so many problems. Till i finish dealing with one, another … Read more
One morning when disciples and people were waiting for Buddha for discourse, they were amazed to see that he had bought something with him. On closer look they saw that he had bought a rope in his hand. Buddha took seat and without saying anything to anyone, he started tying knots in the rope. After … Read more
Once in a village lived a tailor named Suresh who was only tailor of village, all the people of the village used to come to him to get their clothes stitched. He used to earn a lot. Suresh knew that villagers had no option but to come to him for clothes and became arrogant. If … Read more
Once upon a time in an ashram, Saint was giving discourse to his disciples, just then a man entered ashram and started abusing Saint. Saint didn’t said anything to that man. After a while that man left. A disciple who was present there saw this and got angry. He wondered why Saint didn’t respond to … Read more
A spider was looking for a suitable place to make its web. He wanted his web to be in such a place where a lot of insects and files would come and get trapped in his web. In this way he wanted to spend his life eating, drinking and relaxing with pleasure. Soon, he found … Read more