Peepal Baba has been planting trees in India for over 40 years and has planted over 20 million trees till now. What began as a hobby for an 11-year-old boy and his buddies…
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Singi Bonga’s special gift
Once upon a time Singi Bonga – the creator of the world – decided to make the earth. With it he also created men and women, birds and animals, fields and trees.…
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The spirit of all religions
Q: There is much similarity among the different religions, in matters of rituals like ringing of bells. Why should there be so much bickering among religious groups? – T.M. Sundararaman, Mylapore A:…
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Try to pick it up
A Zen Master dropped his handkerchief and said to one of his disciples who was just sitting there, “Try to pick up the handkerchief. Try to pick it up.” Immediately the disciple…
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The sufi philosophy of personal experience
This interchange between the Sufi mystic, Simab, and a nobleman named Mulakab, is as a preserved in oral transmission staged by wandering dervishes. dialogue often Mulakab: ‘Tell me something of your philosophy…
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Which is worthless in life?
Once it happened that Buddha asked one of his disciples, “Can you find anything which is worthless in life? If you can, then bring it.” The disciple thought for many days and…
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God is you as you would like to be
Now this small parable. Imam Muhammed Baqir is said to have related this illustrative fable: ‘Finding I could speak the language of ants, I approached one and enquired, “What is God like?…
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A dream fulfilled
Baron Pierre de Coubertin was a boy when France lost the Battle of Sedan in 1870 in the Franco-Prussian War. Emperor Napoleon III was captured by the Germans, along with several French…
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The story of Uddalaka Aruni
This is a story from the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Ayoda Dhaumya was a famous teacher who lived before the Buddha, at least 3000 years ago. Princes and paupers came to him to…
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The little hero of Holland
This is the story of a little boy with a brave heart and passionate love for his village. Read on the story to find what the little hero of Holland did to…