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[A story told by Nagendranath Bhaduri/ Bhaduri Mahashaya/ Levitating saint (as mentioned in Autobiography of a Yogi) who lived in Kolkata during late 18th century and early 19th century]
In four caves in the district of Gaya, four holy men lived. They belonged to four different religions. One was a Hindu, the second was a Muslim, the third was a Christian and the fourth was a Buddhist.
They never saw each other, neither did they ever speak to each other. Years later when they all reached salvation, the end of their religious paths, they found that they had all arrived at the same place. Then they became friends and started living in the same cave.
The Moral: The story illustrates that only those who have not reached the final stage in their spiritual journey quarrel over the differences in religions. Those who have arrived at their destination realize that all religions arrive at the same goal.

Once on a full moon day, Krishna and Balarama were walking in the forest, it was late and they decided to rest in the forest for the night. It was a dangerous forest, so Krishna suggested "Baladeva, you keep watch until midnight while I sleep, and I will be on watch from midnight till morning." They both agreed and Krishna went to sleep.
A few hours passed, Krishna was sleeping sound. Balarama heard a growl at a distance, it was a terrifying sound. He walked a little further towards the sound. Now he could see a gigantic monster approaching him. The monster growled again, Balarama was very afraid, he trembled in fear.
Every time he trembled, the monster grew double in size. The monster grew bigger and bigger as it approached Balarama. Now the monster was standing very close to Balarama, it growled again. Terrified by the sound, size and terrible smell of the monster Balarama screamed "Krishna! Krishna!" and collapsed and fell unconscious.
Woken up by the call, Krishna followed the sound and found Balarama sleeping, Krishna thought, 'It must be my turn now' and started walking too and fro. Slowly Krishna recognized the monster standing nearby.
The monster growled at Krishna. "What do you want?" Krishna asked unafraid. The size of the monster decreased, it shrunk to half its size. "What are you doing here?" Krishna asked again and the monster shrunk again. Krishna kept questioning it expecting a reply, the monster kept shrinking every time he asked.
Now the monster was just 2 inches tall, and looked cute and adorable. Krishna took it in his hand and placed it in his waist pocket. The night passed and Balarama woke in the morning.
Balarama saw Krishna and joyously shouted "Krishna! Krishna!".
"Krishna! you don't know what a terrible thing happened while you were asleep. There was huge monster trying to kill us both. I don't know how we survived, the last thing I remember is that I fainted." Balarama said trying to recall yesterday night's events.
Krishna took out the little monster out of his pocket and said, "Is this the same monster?"
"Yes, but it was so big! how did it shrink?" asked Balarama.
"Every time I questioned it, it shrunk in size, finally it became this."
Balarama told Krishna how the monster grew yesterday every time he was scared of it.
Then Krishna concluded "Everytime we are afraid, our fears grow big, but every time we face them and question them, they become smaller and smaller."

Six blind men once went to find out what an elephant is.
The first blind man touched the legs of the elephant, being a blind man he could only touch and not see. He touched the legs of the elephant and came to the conclusion that the elephant is like a big pillar or a tree; straight, round, long and strong with thick skin.
The second man touched the tail of the elephant and came to the conclusion that an elephant is like a rope with a brush at the end and it can move right and left very easily in air.
The third man touched the ear of the elephant and said, "Elephant is a flat animal, like a hand fan"
The fourth man who had touched only the trunk of the elephant said "No, the elephant is like a snake or a tree branch, rough on the surface and is hollow inside.
The fifth man who had touched its belly said "An elephant is like a big wall, but with curves here and there"
The sixth man who had touched only the tusk said "An elephant is like a pipe or spear and very strong"
After they found out they had disagreement, they went to a man who had eyes and had seen the elephant. Each explained his side of the story and asked him who was right among them.
The man who had seen the elephant said: "You are all partially correct, Elephant has features that you explained but it is much more"
Note: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam (Sufi) and Jainism all have a variation of this story. But the message is the same.

He noticed that his stomach was swollen and it made him feel guilty. Since he dint want anyone to notice him in such a situation, he grab hold of a snake and wrapped it around his stomach to disguise his swollen belly. Still he dint feel like moving out in such condition so he was waiting for night to fall so that no one can see him. As it became dark Lord Ganesha started to his place but moon saw Lord Ganesha and started laughing nonstop, seeing this Lord Ganesha got angry and cursed the moon that he will be invisible on day from that day onwards.
Hearing this Moon was shocked and begged for forgiveness. Lord Ganesha wanted to forgive Moon but he couldn’t revoke his curse so he proclaimed that the moon would grow thinner each day and remain invisible for one day in a month, which we call as amavasya which we consider as inauspicious. This story tells us the moral that we should be kind in our actions and forgive those who repent for their mistakes.

I met a man of unselfish devotion in this country. He deeply loved his wife, so much so that his love for her became transmuted into divine love. After she died, he wandered for years, seeking a way to find her again. At last he did succeed. In the end, he found God through his love for her."
"This is the story as he told it to me: In his wanderings after her death, he sought out a great saint in the Himalayas. He persuaded the holy man to promise to give spiritual initiation to him and his wife together. After assuring him of his promise, the saint asked, 'where is your wife?'
The husband then told him that she was dead. The saint nevertheless kept his promise to give initiation to the two together. He instructed the man to sit in meditation, and began to invoke the presence of the wife. Suddenly she appeared. For a long time she talked with her husband. Then the two sat together and received initiation from the saint.
Afterward, the holy one blessed them, and the wife departed. From the moment, the husband realized that the beloved form he had known as wife was in reality an individualized manifestation of the consciousness of God- as in every human being. The true meaning of divine love, which is behind and responsible for every ideal human relationship, was revealed to him. His was a unique and true experience.
But conjugal love is tricky, and most people leave this world with an unsatisfied heart.

Shukadev, son of sage Vyasa was keen on learning higher spiritual knowledge, one day his father Vyasa said "My son, you should go meet King Janaka, he is an ocean of wisdom, it will help you."
Shuka was keen on learning, but he was doubtful of the knowledge a Palace dwelling king can possess.
He went to the palace sought King's appointment, King Janaka welcomed him dearly.
"O Shukadeva, Son of Vyasa, my child, what can I do for you?" said the king.
"My father sent me to you, to learn higher spiritual knowledge, Please take me as your student. I must ask you, I don't understand, 'how can a palace dwelling king indulged in the wealth of palace, in the company of queen and children be such a highly recommended Yogi?'" said the straightforward Shuka.
"We wil ltalk about that later, if you want to be my student, you have to pass a test, take this cup of oil, keep it on your head, go around the palace, keenly observe every room, I will need every detail from you, also you shouldn't spill even a drop of this oil if you want to be my student."
Shuka walked into each room of the palace, observed every room in detail and came back in the evening. "O King, I have fulfilled your task." said the young Shuka.
King Janaka asked many questions to confirm that he had indeed completed his task without fail, King asked Shuka "How could you observe every room in such detail when you had a full cup of oil on your head?"
"I observed every room, but my focus was always on the cup." said Shuka.
"Same way, though I live in this world performing my duties as a king, husband, father, I always keep my focus on the higher reality." said King Janaka answering Shuka's earlier question.
Satisfied with each other's abilities, they continued their studies.

"Why We Shout In Anger"
A Hindu saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled'n asked.
'Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?'
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said,'Because we lose our calm, we shout.'
'But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner.'asked the saint
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the other disciples.
Finally the saint explained, .
'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other to cover that great distance.
What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small...'
The saint continued,'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper'n they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other'n that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'
He looked at his disciples and said.
'So when you argue do not let your hearts get distant, Do not say words that distance each other more, Or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.' (Green Yatra)