Tag: Heaven

Once, the Buddha appeared in the dream of a little boy and took him along to show heaven and hell. They entered a hall...

The Hindu heaven has certain trees, which they call kalpavriksha, wish-fulfillment trees. You don’t have to order a cup of tea or a woman...

There is a Sufi parable: A man used to call every night to God and he would pray the same prayer. Again and again he...

I have often told a small story about a great journalist who died and reached the doors of heaven. The doors of heaven and...

Once upon a time, the Bodhisattva was born as a Kinnara or celestial musician. During summers, he would come down to the plains on...

The Bodhisattva, living amidst all the comforts of heaven, was always keen to help those suffering on earth. Angadinna, the king of Videha, nursed...

The Bodhisattva was once born as a pious hare. One evening he was about to meditate when his eye caught the almost complete orb...

A Zen Master was asked by the Emperor of Japan…. The Emperor had come and asked the same question, Krishna Deva. Maybe you are...

People are so foolish. Either they are deceived by words or they are deceived by silence — but they are deceived either way. There is...

The story is that one man became a chakravartin — and it happens only once in thousands of years that a man becomes a...