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 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 Sacrifice of Vessantara
The lineage of the Sivis is best known for its charity and sacrifices in the Indian traditions since time immemorial. Once, the Bodhisatta was born as Vessantara...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Nalanda > India
Somadatta
Once a wealthy Brahmin of Varanasi renounced the life of a house-holder and led the life of an ascetic and retired in a forest in the Himalayas...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Varanasi > 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 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 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
Nandivisala
Once a calf was given to a brahmin, who called him Nandivisala and treated him with care and affection...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Varanasi > India
Matanga-The World's First Crusader of Untouchability
The Bodhisatta was born in a Chandala family by the name Matanga. Those days the caste-system was very rigid in ancient India...
Festivals > Buddha Purnima
Nalanda > India
Religion in Danger
Akbar is wise to realize that without winning over the Hindus, who form the majority of his subjects, the empire cannot last...
Historical > Mughal Empire
Lahore > Pakistan