Story credit We come to understand in the Chandogya Upanishad that SHVETAKETU learned everything that could be learned, then there was...

This is a story about a beautiful woman. Her name was Jahanara. What was her beauty like? As Mir sahib wrote in a sher: Everything’s...

(The following passage is from the book ‘Dozkhnama’ by Rabisankar Bal. An imaginative meeting of Ghalib and Mevlana Rumi) There come...

by – Brian Conroy (From Awakin.org ) Early one morning, the Buddha and his disciples set off on an alms round. He announced that on that...

In a story from Nigeria, an old man who knows his time is near decides to complete one last project to bless his relationship with his...

And it just happened one day. Right in the middle of a shoot, in the middle of a scene, in the middle of a multi million set, built to...

During my pilgrimage I had heard a story. One young monk, seeking knowledge goes from one teacher to another, finally he finds a teacher,...

There lived a Sufi saint, a long time ago. All his life he devoted himself serving others, sharing his love and presence to who ever came...

They say that if you put a frog into a pot of boiling water, it will leap out right away to escape the danger. But, if you put a frog in...

A traveler came upon three individuals working with stone. Curious as to what these workers were doing, the traveler approached the first...

A disciple came up to his master one day, and in a burst of emotion, He exclaimed, “My Master, I love you!” The Master, deep in thought,...

Atesbaz was Mevlana Rumi’s cook and also for the dervish lodge (like a community space where all the mevlana’s students did Sema and...

A man on the hill top Osho – Source There is a very famous Zen story: A man was standing on a hilltop. Three persons saw him; they...

Maktub from the book Alchemist by Paulo Coelho He was proud of himself. He had learned some important things, like how to deal in...

Letting Go From the book Illusions by Richard Bach Once there lived a village of creatures along the bottom of a great crystal river....

Taming the fox (From the book – The Little Prince) It was then that the fox appeared. “Good morning,” said the fox. “Good morning,” the...

Search Inside or Outside Sufi saint Rabiya (Source- Awakin.org) A famous Sufi mystic, Rabiya, was searching for something on the street...

Sita (From the book Sita by Devdutt Patnaik) The chariot stopped far from the city in the middle of the forest. Sita alighted, eager to...

The Greater Sea – Khalil Gibran My soul and I went to the great sea to bathe. And when we reached the shore, we went about looking for a...

Sheikh Saadi Stories – A King and A Slave (Source) Once a king and a Persian slave were sailing in the same boat. The salve had never...