Stories convey subtle spiritual truths through the simple incidents they recount, helping us to visualize and understand abstruse principles easily. They have thus been widely used by spiritual teachers in all ages. This selection of short stories will entertain the reader, and at the same time, help enrich his or her spiritual life.
The important thing is how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter -- as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being. The more you think of yourself as spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free from matter, body and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.
-Swami Vivekananda