Meanwhile, in between the Dreams
A story by Umes Shrestha Guru baa… eh Guru baa, wake up! Listen to me, I don’t usually remember dreams, […]
Story of Shravan Kumar
Long-time ago, there lived a boy called Shravan Kumar. He was very unfortunate as both of his parents were blind. […]
The Attitude of Gratitude
Matsya and Devi, an aging fish couple, lived in a pond of the Karnali River by the village of Chhipra. […]
Elephant and Ungrateful Forester
The whole earth will not satisfy an ungrateful man. Jātaka 72: i. 319-322. To an ungrateful man. This parable was […]
A Cup of Tea
Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in […]
The Color of the Name
The villagers of Kudang, a mix of Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Bonpo, Pagans and Animists, with antecedents from India, China and […]
The Widow’s Mite and the Three Merchants
There was once a lone widow who was very destitute and having gone to the mountain she beheld hermits holding […]
Journey to Bone and Ash
There was once an old woman called Dechen. People called her Dechen Budhi – Dechen, the old woman. She wasn’t […]
Buddha and an Angry Man
Once Buddha was sitting under a tree. A man came to him and started abusing him. After abusing Buddha that […]
The Story of the wise Partridge
This story (Thiththira Jathaka) was told by the Buddha in order to teach that respect must be paid to age, […]