According to Hindu purana ages before Devas(gods) and Asuras(demons) joined hands to churn NECTAR out of OCEAN of MILK with snake Vasuki as rope and Mount Meru for churning Divine Cow Divine Elephant, Divine Horse, and many more came out before finally NECTAR coming out. The one that came initially was POISON. On rush of […]
Punishment or stick ? Rabindranath Tagore was attending a meeting of the teachers. After discussion on trends & qualities of literature, Rabindranath suddenly addressed a person, ” Nepal Babu, you have become forgetful these days. So I shall give you ‘dand’ Nepal Babu was perplexed and the gathering also could not comprehend the outburst of […]
A woman went to meet her friend at her residence. She was introduced to the daughter of her friend. This woman commented to the daughter, ” You look like 8th standard student, though you study now 5th standard only; why don’t you take up sports and participate in competition; surely you will win prizes” Thereafter […]
A man once read in an ancient book about a black stone on a shore of the black sea which could on contact can turn any metal into gold. The stone would be warm to touch. So he went to the Black Sea, and found there a heap of black stones. He was convinced one […]
Needless to mention the special wisdom of Socrates. He was also known for his simplicity & austerity in life. Socrates was very appreciative of the spiritual wisdom of Hindu sages. Though Socrates was simple, he had a fascination to visit market place and spend time in window shopping. His friend once asked him why spent […]
A man went to a Zen master and expressed that he was a very angry man. He wanted to get rid of his anger. The Master said, ” then I want to see you anger. Can you show me?” The man said he could not; The Master asked him to try to get anger.. The […]
A girl student in a school said with disgust, ” I am just 6 years now; another 10 more years to spend here in the same school; I hate it” The teacher said, ” You are lucky; You can get released in 10 years. I am a teacher here; I have to keep coming here […]
A king with his troop was going for hunting and he lost his way. He & his troop were very tired exhausted; they were looking for a space to relax. Suddenly they heard a man from a tree shouting out, ” O wise king !! I am grateful to you for being my guest. Please […]
Akbar once called Birbal and said,” Birbal ! It is strange to read in your Hindu Holy book that Lord Vishnu hearing the agonizing cry of an elephant rushed to his aid. Why would a God with so many servants at His disposal himself rush to the succor of the elephant? Birbal replied. ” Your […]
A man wanted to sell his 2 acre land which he thought as good for nothing and approached an agent to help to dispose the land. Next day this man saw an ad in the paper, ” 2 acres of land located near highway, very good for cultivation with enough water resources; even it is […]
