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Once there was a simple farmer named Dhanna. He saw a pundit doing rituals and noticed the pundit was feeding a stone statue. Why would someone feed a stone? The pundit told him, "This isn't a stone. This is a Thakur. If you pleases Thakur, you will receive all their wishes. Only after you've fed the Thakur can you eat." Dhanna ji was excited from this and asked if he could have one. Do you think this stone will grant all of Dhanna ji's wishes?
Bhagat Dhanna ji
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When Gobind Rai was young, he and all his friends used to play at the river all the time. Lot's of other people used to be at the Ganga river already. They would be praying in the early morning. One of those people had an awful disease. He was a leper. His body was falling apart and he was constantly in pain. Gobind Rai snuck up behind the leper and pushed him in the water. The leper got angry and was about to yell at the boy... but something amazing happened to him...
Gobind Rai and Shiv Dutt
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Gobind Rai always liked to play as a child. Sometimes he did mischief when he played. There was an old woman who lived near the Guru's house. She was always spinning yarn. Gobind Rai used to sneak in to her house. He would scatter her yarn balls on the floor and she would chase him with a stick. Well Gobind Rai was a divine child sent from God to help this earth. Everything he did was for good. Can you guess what good this old woman got from his mischief?
Gobind Rai and the Old Woman
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Gobind Rai and the 5 Taps
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Bhai Taru Singh was a serviceful devoted Sikh of Guru Gobind Singh. He served everyone he could, including the Khalsa who were hiding in the jungles. When the governor heard about this, he had Bhai Taru brought to him to convert his religion or to be tortured to death. When he wouldn't submit the tried to cut his hair off... but it wouldn't cut! The power of his prayers kept his hair from being cut by even the sharpest instruments..... and this was just the beginning.
Bhai Taru's Life of Fearless Love
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Bhai Sud was just a humble and very old man who lived in a village. The village chief ran out and frantically told him, "There's a horde of bandits coming this way, they will kill us unless we get behind the village gates, come now Bhai Sahib!!" But Bhai Sud didn't go in the village for safety. He kept standing right in the open until the bandits reached him. Will they kill him? Does he have some kind of tricky plan? Does he have a clever idea?
Bhai Sud
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Death's Proud Messenger
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Once there was a lion who thought he was the greatest creature ever. He thought he was the best. He went around to all the animals in the jungle asking them if he was the best. Every animal told him the same thing, "Yes, you are the greatest. They didn't like him because he was too proud, but were all too scared to tell him the truth. All except for the rabbit. The rabbit wasn't afraid. The rabbit had a clever trick in mind for the mean ol' lion.
The Clever Rabbit
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Once a robber decided to steal the biggest loot there is, he decided to steal the King's royal treasure. The police tried to make him confess to the crime but they couldn't prove anything. Find out what clever scheme the police chief thought of to make him confess to the crime. You may be surprised how his life gets saved from just hearing one thing from a saint...
The Thief and Kali
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Once, when Guru Nanak, Bala and Mardana were traveling through some woods, Mardana wanted to get something to eat. So he went by himself to see if he could find anything. A cannibal, who eats other people, captured him and tied him up. The Cannibal boiled a pot of oil that he was going to cook Mardana in. Guru Nanak felt the situation and came over to that very place. When the cannibal saw the Guru.... something wonderful happened....
Guru Nanak and the Cannibal
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Guru Nanak, Bala and Mardana were traveling to a distant land in India where people practiced black magic. Mardana asked to get some water from the city well. When he got there some girls thought he sounded funny. "Let's make him act like a sheep!", said one of the girls. She did some magic and he immediately started bleating like a sheep, "Baaa, baaha, bhaa...". Can Guru Nanak help Mardana and stop these sorceresses?
Guru Nanak and the Queen of Black Magic
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Once Guru Nanak was traveling with Mardana and Bala. A man on top of a hill wouldn't give them any water so Guru ji took a stick and made a spring of fresh water appear at the bottom of the hill. The man got very angry and pushed a huge boulder down the hill to crush the Guru. Everyone ran away... except for the Guru. Mardana cried, "Guru ji please move, the boulder is coming right towards you, please move." Why wasn't Guru ji moving?!
Guru Nanak and the Boulder
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During the time of Guru Har Rai, the seventh Guru, there was a man. He was always busy with his life, working to provide for his family, but he really wanted to serve the Guru. He finally made time in his life to talk to the Guru. Guru ji gave him a letter and said, "I can teach you later, for now just give this letter to-" and he told him what village a Sikh lived in. So the man went to the village where the Sikh lived.... where there was quite a surprise for him!
God Provides To All
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Guru Nanak used to travel all around the land with his companions. In one place the governor was a very strict and mean to all his servants. When Guru ji got to that place he was kindly asked to eat a meal by a very devoted man named Lalo, who was a carpenter. The governor, Malik Bhago, sent a messenger to invited the Guru to eat at a huge banquet where there would be a grand feast. The messenger was surprised when the Guru said "No"....
The Honest Work of Lalo
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Bhai Ghaneya ji was a most serviceful Sikh. His mission in life was to serve all humans no matter what group they belonged to. During the time of Guru Gobind Singh, he could be seen giving water to wounded soldiers on the battle field. He helped both the Khalsa soldiers and the Moghul soldiers equally. Some of the Khalsa saw this and thought, "He's healing the enemy, we have very little water, we must tell the Guru about him." And so they did....
Bhai Ghaneya Singh
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Once, the mother of a child named Farid said, "My child God gives sweets to those who meditate, why not try Simran?" So Farid sat down, closed his eyes and began feeling inside himself. When he opened his eyes there would be sweets in a bowl right in front of him. One day he said, "I don't need to eat sugar, I've tasted something much sweeter." Can you guess what was even sweeter than sugar?
The Sweetness of the Naam
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A noble King had all his subject do a fast in honor of Vishnu on the day of Ekadasi. There was one man who didn't do the fast though, he was a Sikh of Guru Nanak. "I am constantly fasting. I eat little food and sleep little. I fast from any and all temptation that distract my devotion to God," explained the man. The King was very impressed and wanted very much to meet this Guru. But how would he ever meet this famous saint known as 'Baba Nanak'?
Offer What is Yours
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Bhai Gopal was a simple man, a Sikh of the Fifth Guru. Once a man came his store so Bhai Gopal could store his 500 coins. But Bhai Gopal was busy and forgot to put it in a safe place. Later the man came back and asked for his coins. Bhai Gopal said, "I'm sorry friend it looks like I don't have your coins." The man got angry and said, "I had 500 coins, I'll report you to the emperor!" The emperor devised an interesting way to find the truth...
Bhai Gopal
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Once there was a king who thought he was the greatest man in the world. His adviser informed him that there was in fact a greater man than him. The king greatly wanted to know who this could possibly be, so they both went out to meet this person. It turned out to be an old man. He was very humble and poor, but he was a man of God. See how the old man taught the king what greatness truly is...
A Truly Great Man
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A Sikh of Guru Amar Das ji named Bhai Sachan Sach was very devoted to the Guru. Outside of Goindwal there was a crazy woman who people thought was possessed by demons. Even though this woman had attacked Bhai Sachan Sach, the Guru told him, "Take my sandal, when she attacks you, simply touch her with it." Bhai Sachan Sach at first didn't want to, but he listened to his Guru.... then when he was in the jungle.... she attacked him....
Bhai Sachan Sach and The Rani
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Once a farmer found something in his field. It made a bunch of smoke and turned in to a giant. The giant said, "I will do anything you wish." The farmer was surprised and thought, "This sounds too good to be true." It did seem to good to be true because then the giant said, "But if you don't give me anything to do, I will get hungry. If I get hungry I'll have to eat you." How will the farmer keep the giant busy??
The Serving Giant