Stories

A story is defined as a narrative or tale of real or fictitious events. Stories are a nourishment for our hungry souls. Often stories we regard as fiction have elements of truth dressed up to make them more palatable. Stories are magic, taking us everywhere: backwards, forwards or happening right in the present time, transporting us to many places and situations we might never go.

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The Wise Monkey
Once, there lived a wise monkey, who was the leader of eighty thousand monkeys. One day, wandering in a forest they went very far and became very thirsty...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Kushinagar > India
 

The Story of Kushinagar
Modern Kushinagar or Kusinara (Pali), with the ancient name of Kusaavatii is a place of special significance in the history of the Buddhism...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Kushinagar > India
 

The Story of a Rooster
Once, the Bodhisatta was born as a rooster and lived in a forest with several hundred kinsmen. In the same forest there lived a wily cat. She had caught and killed many roosters...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Kushinagar > India
 

The Story of a Buffalo
Once, the Bodhisatta was born as a buffalo in Himava. He was dark and dirty-looking. Though born in the animal-state he believed in righteousness...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Kushinagar > India
 

The Monkey Brothers
The Bodhisatta was born in the Himalayan region as a monkey and was called Nandaka. His younger brother was called Chullanandaka...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Kushinagar > India
 

The Feast of the Dead
Once a brahmin priest decided to sacrifice a goat on the occasion of the Feast of the Dead. So, he had a goat fetched and asked his pupils to bathe it in the river...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Kushinagar > India