Mullah Nasruddin Stories

A Sufi story about Mullah Nasruddin reveals the definition of fate.A man once approached Mulla Nasruddin with a question, “What is fate?”Mullah Nasruddin said, “Mere assumptions”The man intrigued, asked, “Assumptions?!”Mullah Nasruddin explained, “When you assume things are going to do well ...

A prejudiced mind remains shut to the truth. A short story by Osho about Mulla Nasruddin conveys the truth.Mulla Nasruddin was listening to the first case when he was once chosen as a honorary magistrate. As soon as he listened ...

Do you see the point in this Sufi story about Mullah Nasruddin?Mulla Nasruddin was once throwing a handful of crumbs around his house.A by-passer grew intrigued by Mullah's queer behaviour and questioned, “What are you doing?”“Keeping the tigers away,” said Mullah ...

Fabrication is but the way of the mind. A short Sufi story conveys the truth.Mullah Nasruddin was once walking along a deserted road when night was descending. He heard the sound of the hoofs of horses coming towards him. Nasruddin's imagination ...

Intellectual learning that does not evolve into experience is but useless. A short Sufi story exposes the truth.Mullah Nasruddin one day happened to see a crowd gathered around a pond. A priest with a huge turban, who had fallen into the ...

Once, the people of The City invited Mulla Nasruddin to deliver a khutba. When he got on the minbar (pulpit), he found the audience was not very enthusiastic, so he asked "Do you know what I am going to say?" The audience replied "NO", so he announced "I have no desire to speak to people who don't even know what I will be talking about" and he left. ...

One hot day, Nasruddin was taking it easy in the shade of a walnut tree. After a time, he started eying speculatively, the huge pumpkins growing on vines and the small walnuts growing on a majestic tree. Sometimes I just can't ...

Nasruddin heard that there was a banquet being held in the nearby town, and that everyone was invited. He made his way there as quickly as he could. When the Master of Ceremonies saw him in his ragged cloak, he seated ...

Once a renowned philosopher and moralist was traveling through Nasruddin's village when he asked him where there was a good place to eat. He suggested a place and the scholar, hungry for conversation, invited Mullah Nasruddin to join him. Much obliged, ...

On a frigid and snowy winter day Mullah Nasruddin was having a chat with some of his friends in the local coffee house. Mullah Nasruddin said that cold weather did not bother him, and in fact, he could stay, if necessary, ...