A man used to call every night to God with the same prayer, “Do me at least one favour, I have been asking my whole life. As far as I can see,…
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This too shall pass
One day, King Solomon decided to humble Benaiah ben Yehoyada, his most trusted minister. He said to him, “Benaiah, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me.…
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A lesson on life
There was once a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn a lesson. So he sent them each on a quest, by turns, to go and look at…
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Selflessness
A rich man asked his friend, “Why is everyone always criticising me for being miserly? Everyone knows that I have made provision to leave everything I have to charity when I die?”…
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The house of thousand mirrors
This is a smart Japanese folktale. Long ago, in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of Thousand Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this…
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The king’s humility
One day, a wise old man came to visit a king. He had to wait for a long time because the king was very busy. Finally, the king said he could come…
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“Why should I feel bad?”
Once, there was this guy who was in love with a girl. She wasn’t the most beautiful and gorgeous but, for him, she was everything. He used to dream about her, about…
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Who is happy?
A crow lived in the forest, absolutely happy with life. But one day he saw a swan…“The swan is so white and I am so black,” the crow thought. “He must be the…
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Love and Ego
Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived together. One day, there was a big storm in the sea and the island was about to get drowned.…
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The house with the golden windows
Once, a little girl lived in a small, simple house on a hill. As she grew up playing in her small garden, she could see, over the garden fence and across the…