In ancient times, In a Gurukul lived Acharya Sumedh with his disciples. He was very knowledgeable and adhered to discipline. One day after end of lesson, one of his disciple named Vartant asked him, “Acharayvar! Intellectual sharpness is basis of learning. Despite this why do you always talk about tying our whole life in rigid … Read more
Long ago, there was a small village by the river. Everyone lived happily and would regularly go to temple to pray. Once during monsoon season, it rained heavily and because of this river started overflowing, flood entered village. Knowing this everyone started to evacuate village, to go to a safe place. One man ran to … Read more
Once upon a time, in a village lived a lazy man who didn’t like to work and would always look for an easier way to feed himself. One day, while searching for his food, he saw a fruit farm. He looked around and didn’t see anyone guarding that farm, so he decided to steal some … Read more
In ancient times, Children were sent to Gurukul to study. Students used to study and do small chores under their Guru’s guidance while staying in Gurukul. One boy name Varadraja was also sent to Gurukul to study. Soon, he got friendly with other students in Gurukul but he was very weak in studies. He would … Read more
Once a scholar was passing through a village where his childhood friend used to live. He decided to visit his friend’s house. When he arrived at his friend’s house, he saw that his friend was living in poverty, along with his two brothers. Scholar met his friend and after a talking for a while. He … Read more
Once a man went to his barber’s shop. Barber and man often used to talk about various topics like politics, sports etc. Today, they started to talk about existence of God. Barber said, “I don’t believe in God’s existence.” Man asked, “Why?” Barber said, “Just look down the street and you will understand that there … Read more
Once, at the Kingdom of Kashi ruled by King Brahmadatta, royal priest Devdutt thought, “King respect me a lot. All this honor i get, i don’t know that it is because of my knowledge or because of my virtue (morality and good behavior). I should try to know this.” One day, while returning from King’s … Read more
Once a Guru called all his disciples and said, “Bring a bag of potatoes with you when you all come to discourse tomorrow but remember that each potato you bring should have the name on them of the person whom you envy. Disciples who envy many people bought as many potatoes with them.” Next day, … Read more
Once in a village lived a farmer who used to work in a big field. In middle of his field there was boulder stuck in land which used to get in farmer’s way while working. Farmer would work cautiously around that boulder but still there were time he would stumble because of that boulder and … Read more
Once in a morning, in a village, a boy and his mother were going to market just then a woman came. She stood in front of them blocking their way and started abusing boy’s mother. That woman uttered a lot of abusive words to boy’s mother but even after hearing those abuse, boy’s mother didn’t … Read more