Moral Stories

Managing Stress Swami Sukhabodhananda One youngster comes to me very depressed and asks this question "Why is God creating so many difficulties for us? How to handle stress?" I tell this youngster to reflect on this beautiful story: A man goes to a shop, picks up a beautiful cup and...
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Long Long ago there lived a Saint  who lived in utter simplicity in his mountain monastery with a few disciples. One night, a young monk felt a new sensation in his meditation on his knee. Something warm, pulsating, loving… and… furry? He looked down and saw a cat scratching his knee. The tail flicked...
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Lessons on Life There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the...
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Mountain Story “A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” Curious, he yells: “Who are you?” He receives the answer: “Who are you?” And then he screams to the mountain: “I admire you!” The voice answers: “I...
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Get Inspired Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on...
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Power of words A group of Frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other Frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two Frogs that they were as good as dead. The two Frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out...
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This is a folk story from rural villages of Tamilnadu , India. Son   :  Daddy , What is this ? Father :  This is Elephant , son ! Son     :  But , what these people are doing ? Father : They are killing it , my child Son     : But … why they are killing the elephant ? Father...
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“I Give You Three Wishes” A man who was very poor thought that he might be able to please God in the form of the image in a famous temple. If he succeeded, he would ask for a boon — a special favor. He used to take to the temple whateverhe could scrape together...
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This is one story that my father often used to say when i was child. Its a story narrated by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahans about the belief and faith. This story is about a farmer’s daughter whose duty it was to carry fresh milk to customers in various villages. One of the customers was a...
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This is a story from Buddha’s life…. Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers.  This was in the initial days.  While they were travelling, they happened to pass a lake.  They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, “I am thirsty.  Do get me...
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