WISDOM STORIES
Fables, Parables, Allegories, and Illustrations
ananta-param kila sabda-sastram
svalpam tathayur bahavas cha vighnah
saram tato grahyam apasya phalgu
hamsair yatha ksiram ivambum adhyat
Endless indeed are words and texts,
While life is short, and challenges are numerous.
So, grasp the essence and leave aside the insubstantial,
As the swan extracts milk from the midst of water.
The Physician’s Knife
The compassionate help the sadhus offer those who are suffering from the boil-like pain of false ego.
The Hunter and The Sage
How the association of the sadhus can transform even the cruelest of persons.
A Glimpse of The Crescent Moon
The soul’s journey to divine experience illustrated under the night sky.
Learn by Hearing Not by Seeing
The embarrassment of assuming others to be the same as ourselves.
The Ant and the Caterpillar
Understanding the value of spiritual transformation.
Frog in the Well
The pride of thinking nothing can be greater than one’s own ideas.