Category: Sri Samsthana

Once, a king developed a great desire to earn a good name. He gathered all the eminent scholars of his court and asked them- “After death, what honour is bestowed on a person who had earned a very good name while living?”   The scholars told the king that after death, the name of such […]

Once there lived a mighty king. He had an enemy who was not so powerful. The weak king desired  to defeat the mighty king, if not in war at least by some trick. He thought of a plan to conquer the strong king. He summoned a famous astrologer to his court and gave him some instructions […]

Once upon a time a there lived a king who was a great devotee of God. He used to worship God every day with great  sincerity and commitment .Yet, he was perturbed by three questions-   Firstly, Is there God? Secondly, if He exists , where  and how can we see Him. The third question […]

Thomas Alva Edison, the great genius, failed two thousand times before he succeeded in making the filament of the electric bulb. His assistant grumbled that much money, time and effort were wasted on that work.   Edison responded- “We have not wasted our time during these 2000 experiments through them we have learned that the […]

A youth was deeply in love with a young girl. He could not imagine a life without her. But the girl rejected him as she was in love with another person.  That other person loved some other girl. Thus all were unhappy and in pain due to their love.   The only love which is […]

Once upon a time hundreds of porcupines lived on a snow clad mountain.  On one occasion, a very cold breeze began to blow on the mountain. All of the porcupines met and discussed as how to guard themselves from this very cold wind.   They unanimously decided to stand close to each other and protect […]

Once upon a time a competition was held among some frogs.  The frogs had to climb a tall pillar. Many other animals gathered to watch the competition.   Some animals said-  “This pillar is too tall for the tiny frogs to climb.”   Some other animals observed- “This pillar is very slippery and the frogs cannot […]

A person who was working in a company in the U.S. was entangled in some internal dispute and was subsequently dismissed from service.  With a heavy heart he returned home and informed his wife about the incident.   His wife told him- “Please don’t worry.  Whatever happens is for our own good.”   The husband […]

A little girl lived in a small  house on a hill top. Every day she used to open the little window and look out. She could see a small house in the hill opposite and the house shone like burnished gold. She pined to go to the golden house. She wanted to live there too. […]

The teacher at a geography class said- “Students, make a list of the seven wonders of the world.”   The students wrote – Pyramid, the great wall of China, Leaning tower of Pisa , Taj Mahal and so on and ran and showed the answer to the teacher.   But one little girl did not […]