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 Story of Khardiya Deer
Once the Bodhisatta was born as a deer and dwelt in a forest. He was as the leader of many hundred deer...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Bodhgaya > India
 

The Story of Great Monkey
The Himalayas are always known for their varieties of flora and fauna. Furthermore, the manifold varieties of flora are known not only for their riches for medicinal purposes but also for their flavour...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Nalanda > India
 

The Story of a Snake Charmer
Once, there lived a snake-charmer in the city of Varanasi. He had a snake and a monkey. And he used to show tricks with them to earn his livelihood...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Varanasi > 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 the Crows
Once, a pair of crows enjoyed the food to their fill and drank liquor. Soon, they got drunk and started playing and swimming on the surf...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Varanasi > India
 

The Story of Romaka Pigeon
Once the Bodhisatta was born as the king of the pigeons in a cave of the hills. His name was Romaka. Close to those hills there lived an ascetic...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Nalanda > India
 

The Story of a Tigeress
The Bodhisatta was born in a respectable family of the scholars; and mastered several Shastras. Soon he was disillusioned with the worldly life and renounced the same for the spiritual uplift...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Nalanda > India
 

The Leather Garment
Once the Bodhisatta was born in the family of merchants; and sold his products to the market. One day, when he was on a usual round of sale he saw a haughty mendicant clad in a leather garment...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Varanasi > India
 

The Giant Crab
Once, a giant crab lived in a Himalayan lake. He was so large that it caught and killed an elephant to enjoy its flesh. The crab thus created havoc among the elephants and made many to flee the lake...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Bodhgaya > 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