One hot afternoon, a thirsty ant was wandering in search of water. After searching for long, ant saw a river and started moving toward it. When ant came close to river, couldn’t find direct way to drink water. So, ant climbed up a rock and while trying to drink water, it lost balance and fell…
One day King went on a tour of his kingdom in disguise. While roaming around, he passed near a farm field, there he saw a farmer who was wearing torn clothes and was eating food sitting under shade of a tree. Seeing clothes of farmer, King thought, “I should give some gold coins to farmer…
Once a rich man went to temple wearing new expensive shoes. While he was in front of temple he thought, “To go inside temple, i have to remove my new shoes and if i leave them here outside temple then they may get stolen… Then even after going inside i will be worried about shoes…
One day, a Scholar had to cross the river to go to another village. He reached the river bank and sat on a boat. Boatman started rowing boat. As per his habit, Scholar started boasting of his knowledge. He asked boatman, “Have you studied anything?” Boatman replied, “No, i am not educated. My family has…
Rainy days were about to come. A pair of birds was looking for a tree to build a nest. While flying they saw trees at bank of a river. There they found one tree suited to build nest for themselves. Birds went to tree and requested, “We need to build our nest before rainy season…
On a cold day, Master and his disciple were strolling on the beach by ocean, where wind was blowing strongly over the ocean and high waves were rising. After walking for sometime, Master stopped and looked at his disciple and asked, “What does this ocean reminds you off?” Disciple answered, “It reminds me of my…
A monk had returned to India after traveling all over the world. After reaching a kingdom, he started staying as a guest at King’s palace. One day King went to Monk and said, “I have a request.. I have been asking this for one question for twenty years but nobody helped. Will you?” Monk replied,…
Once a kingdom was ruled by mighty King who was a skilled warrior and was victorious in every battle. Kings of neighboring states also believed in his bravery. Once he was returning to his city after winning a war. His minister and soldiers were with him. On the way, King saw a Buddhist monk sitting…
Caught in a storm, a sea ship got destroyed. All passengers in it were drowned in the sea, except one man. By grace of God he somehow survived and came to shore of the sea. When his unconsciousness broke and his eyes opened, he found himself on a desolate deserted island. As soon as man…
A saint used to go door to door for alms. One day he reached house a Seth (rich man) of village to beg for alms. Seth bought some grains and gave them to saint as alms. After giving alms, Seth said, “Maharaj.. I want to ask a question.” Saint replied, “Sure..” Seth said, “I want…