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Once there lived a pious brahmin in a village. He used to perform religious rituals. On one occasion he was rewarded with a cow by a rich man for his service. The brahmin started to bring the cow to his home. On the way, three rogues saw the brahmin bringing the cow. They were lazy [...]
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Stories from Panchatantra for your children
January 21st, 2012 
Admin Panchatantra are a collection of five volumes of stories written by a guru or teacher to instruct the different aspects of kinghood for princes. The five volumes together serve as a guide for prospective kings, to help him on ruling, to choose fellow friends, fellow ministers, and to have good conduct in daily life etc. [...]
Mulla Nasruddin
May 2nd, 2009 cls Once, the people of The City invited Mulla Nasruddin to deliver a khutba.When he got on the minbar (pulpit), he found the audience was not very enthusiastic, so he asked “Do you know what I am going to say?” The audience replied “No”, so he announced “I have no desire to speak to people who [...]
The Wind and the Sun
January 30th, 2009 cls Once the Wind and the Sun came to have a quarrel. Either of them claimed to be a stronger. At last they agreed to have a trial of strength. “Here comes a traveller. Let us see who can strip him of his clock,” said the Sun. The Wind agreed and chose to have the first [...]
A Fox without Tail
January 30th, 2009 cls A fox was once caught in a trap. It was only after a tough struggle that she could get free. But, to her sorrow, her beautiful tail had been cut off and left in the trap. “How ugly I shall look!” moaned the fox, ” won’t the other foxes laugh at me ?” Thinking hard, [...]
Ass’s Shadow
January 28th, 2009 cls A man hired an ass from another man. He paid him Rs.20/- to lend him the ass for the day.It was a very hot day, and both men wanted to stand in the ass’s shadow, so that they might be cool. But there was only room for one of them. “Go away,” said the man [...]
How many Crows ?
January 17th, 2009 cls Emperor Akbar was highly impressed with the wisdom of Birbal and greatly enjoyed his quick wit. One day Emperor Akbar and Birbal were taking a walk in the palace gardens. It was a nice summer morning. There were plenty of crows happily playing around the pond. While watching the crows, a question came into Akbar’s [...]
अहंकार से मुक्ति
January 15th, 2009 cls विद्वता और तेजस्विता के लिए प्रसिद्ध अंगिरा ऋषि के मार्गदर्शन में उनके अनेक शिष्य ज्ञान प्राप्त कर अपना जीवन सफल बनाने की साधना करते थे। उनके एक अत्यंत प्रतिभावान शिष्य उदयन से ऋषि अत्यंत स्नेह रखते थे। एक बार ऋषि ने महसूस किया कि उदयन के व्यवहार में परिवर्तन आ रहा है। उसमें न सिर्फ [...]
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Tags: anger, angira, ego, heart, udayan 
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मनुष्य हो या जानवर मूल स्वभाव नहीं बदलता
September 18th, 2008 cls जीवन दर्शन प्रत्येक जीव के कर्म उसके मूल स्वभाव के अनुसार ही होते है। इस सत्य को हमेशा याद रख अपने व्यवहार की दिशा तय करनी चाहिये। ऐसा कहा और माना जाता है कि मूल स्वभाव कभी नहीं बदलता। किसी भी हाल में रहे, मूल स्वभाव का पता चल ही जाता है।कई बार व्यक्ति अपने [...]
