The Stone Soup
There are many variations on the story of stone soup, but they all involve a traveler coming into a town beset by famine. The inhabitants try to discourage the traveler
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Stories of Wisdom - Entertaining and Enlightening Stories
Inspiring entertaining and enlightening stories of wisdom from cultures all around the world. Enjoy and get inspired!
Crutches
When an accident deprived the village headman of the use of his legs, he took to walking on crutches. He gradually developed the ability to move with speed -- even
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And A Meadow Lark Sang
By: Ravindra Kumar Karnani The child whispered, "God, speak to me" And a meadow lark sang. The child did not hear. So the child yelled, "God, speak to me!" And
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Nashruddin's Flower Garden
Traditional Sufi Story A young man named Nashruddin planted a flower garden, but when the flowers came up so did a great crop of dandelions among them. Wishing to eliminate
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Who Is There?
By: Jalal ad-Din Rumi Someone knocked at the door of the Beloved and a voice from within inquired: "Who is there?" He answered, "It is I." And the voice said
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The Wise Sage
By: Author Unknown There once was a wise sage who wandered the countryside. One day, as he passed near a village, he was approached by a woman who told him
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Tasting Life
Before the young man began his studies, he wanted assurance from the Master. "Can you teach me the goal of human life?" "I cannot," replied the Master. "Or at least
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Helping the Rice to Grow
There once was a farmer who wanted his rice plants to grow quickly. He thought over it day and night. However, his rice plants were growing slower than he expected
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Precious Gift
A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman
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The Perfect Advice
"Rabbi, you have to tell me what to do!" The lumber merchant stood up in Rabbi Pesach Mendel's study and began to pace. "I don't want to offend my new
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Bigger Fish, Smaller Fish
Once a renowned philosopher and moralist was traveling through Nasruddin's village when he asked him where there was a good place to eat. He suggested a place and the scholar
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The Obstacle in our Path.
In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the
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God in Hideout
A Legend told of a story of the beginning of everything. God united himself to hide inside his creations. God then thought of what might be the best way to
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Salt Puppet
Once upon a time there was a puppet made of salt who had traveled a long time through dry and desert places until one evening he came upon a sea
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Tiger, Monkey and Deer
A tiger got hold of a monkey and was just going to eat it. But the monkey immediately thought of way to escape his doom. He tried to distract the
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The Something in Nothing
Here is a story from the Chhandogya Upanishad: After years away at school, Shvetaketu returned home to his father, Uddalaka. Uddalaka could tell from Shvetaketu's boasting about how much he'd
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The Shortest Way
retold by Doug Lipman Once, two villagers came to a rabbi with a dispute. They quickly described their disagreement, then awaited the rabbi's judgement. Instead of giving an immediate verdict
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The King's Leather Sandal
A Maharaja decided to walk around his kingdom to see how are his people doing. Just few steps out of his castle, his foot was injured by a stone lying
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Your Last Hour
A story in the form of a song A rabbi had three students, And posed them a question: "If you had one hour remaining in your lifetime, What would you
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The Communal Wine
There was once a tribal group living deep in jungle with a very wise elder as their leader. He as leader not only leads his people well but also often
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Realization of the Wave
I feel so distressed. Other waves are so big whereas i am so small. Other waves are so powerful whereas i am puny... It is because you have not seen
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God Is Always With Us
There exist an Indian tribe with its unique way of maturing boys of their tribe. When a boy is in his coming-of-age, he would be brought into the deepest darkest
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I Love The One with Blue Coral Necklace
To both of his wife, each one at different occasion, Nashruddin present them a blue coral necklace. When giving, Nashruddin whispered secretly to each of them, "Don't reveal this necklace
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Cracked Pots
A water man in India had two big water pots, each of the pot hanging on each end of his yoke, which he carried around across his shoulder. One of
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The Horse's Reflection
A shop-keeper came to Rabbi Meir of Premislan. "Rabbi, I am ruined. Do you know what is happening across the street from my shop? Someone else is opening another shop
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The Two Headed Bird
There once lived a bird with two heads. Each of the head takes rest while the other stay awake and stay on guard. One of the head was very fond
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What is Zen?
One answer: Inayat Khan tells a Hindu story of a fish who went to a queen fish and asked: "I have always heard about the sea, but what is this
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The Treasure under the Bridge
There was once a poor, G-d fearing Jew who lived in the city of Prague. One night he dreamt that he should journey to Vienna. There, at the base of
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The Cobbler Sword of Wood
There was once a king who loved nothing better than to go out alone in the clothes of a commoner. He wanted to meet the ordinary people of his kingdom--to
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The Great Purifier
A woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest. It was just a curiosity about
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Competing for Power
The eyebrow, the nose, and the mouth are the four wonderful senses. One day, the mouth says to the nose, "What is so great of you that you may reside
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The Princess Head
A princess was upset because she could not see her own face, and so she thought she had lost it. Her family reassured her that they could see her face
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The Childhood of Men Tze
Men Tze was a very well known philosopher of the East, from the mainland China. He was the successor of Confucius. His father passed away when he was still 3
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The eyeless swordplay
There was once lived a very talented swordman in mainland China. One day, he travelled to a mountain, there he saw a tremendously steep cliff and below it a very
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Giving and Receiving
In Palestine, there flowed 2 seas, but very different from each other. The one called Galilea Sea, is a big lake with clear drinkable water. Fishes live inside and human
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The Triple Filter Test
In ancient Greece, scholar and intellectual, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I
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Precious Gift
A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman
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Two Wolves in The Heart
A Grandfather from the Cherokee Nation was talking with his grandson. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it
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Creation - A Sioux Indian Story
The Creator gathered all of Creation and said, "I want to hide something from the humans until they are ready for it. It is the realization that they create their
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Donkey in the Well
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the
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The Tame Tiger
The Sioux Indian natives belive that even sticks and stones have a spiritual essence, a manifestation of the mysterious power that fills the universe. Similarly, in their own mysterious way
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It's In Your Hands
Once there was a wise old man who could answer any question anyone asked him. Two young men decided to trick him. "We're going to fool that old man. We'll
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