These spiritual stories are about the classic Sufi character, Mulla Nasrudin. It is no longer known if Mulla is real or fictional, especially as new stories are being written about him even today.
However, what is true is that Mulla Nasrudin wears many masks: sometimes the jokester, sometimes the wise, the witty, and the ignorant. In some instances, Nasrudin represents the chaos of our inner mind, and in other instances he appears as a profound stage.
For these reasons, stories with Mulla Nasrudin can sometimes seem confusing. Take a moment to step past your confusion and search for the deeper wisdom within each of these spiritual stories.
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The Shortcut – Featured Spiritual Story
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Walking home one wonderful morning, Nasrudin thought that it would be a good idea to take a short cut through the woods. "Why," he asked himself, "should I plod along a dusty road when I could be communing with Nature, listening to the birds and looking at the flowers? This is inded a day of days; a day for fortunate pursuits!"
So saying, he launched himself into the greenery. He had not gone very far, however, when... |
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Take My Hand – Featured Spiritual Story
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One day Mulla Nasrudin saw a crowd gathered around a pond. A Moslem priest with a huge turban on his head had fallen in the water and was calling for help.
People were leaning over and saying, "Give me your hand Reverend! Give me your hand!" But the priest didn't... |
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Spiritual Stories by Mulla Nasrudin |
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