TaleTown Multimedia Literature

Isha teaches Hosh about Jira - Master Spice Cumin, the magical spice & natural remedy with many health benefits.

Learning how to cook well & cheaply is easy.

Story with cooking tips: Jira Rice

Hosh learns how to cook Jeera Rice - cumin spiced rice.

Isha's quick & easy rice cooking tips & Jeera Basmati recipe

"I know what music is. It is the rhythm in everything alive. Whether it flows through a didgeridoo or a flute, sounds from dead hollows in wood can make a moribund heart come alive."

"Knowing comes from the head. But knowing about music can't create music. Music comes from the heart. When it is felt by the heart. Feeling is enough."

'Amazing!’ he thought, ‘How God appears to those who are deserving. And miraculous, how they are able to get back through to Him.’

‘Yet these communication channels remain open to us all. As Intuition and Prayer. Intuition, when God phones us up. And prayer, when we are telephoning God.’

"That can't really be true!" exclaimed Josh, "You can't just wake up once you are truly dead."

"Well, Jesus is said to have risen from the dead," said Rosh, "What makes you think he was the only one to do so?"

"Jesus did," remarked Josh, "because he could. He was the son of God."

"The institution of the Caliphate was thereafter inactive for almost a century. Then on June 29, 2014, the internationally unrecognized Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) declared a new Caliphate, naming Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the new Caliph."

"Who's he?" asked Josh.

"He is nicknamed The Invisible Sheikh," answered Rosh.

"Let Buddh help you reach that ultimate point. Then certainly, if you meet him there, kill him. You will be truly free."

"Then why are Zen masters," asked Josh, "who teach their disciples to kill the Buddh on the way, still clinging on to Buddh themselves?"

A King invited a famous visiting astrologer to study his horoscope and tell him about his future.

The astrologer was quite learned.

He studied it thoroughly and did his calculations well. Finally, he gave his verdict.

“Come back to me quickly. You can have your Kingdom of Heaven,” she impulsively spoke her thoughts aloud to him.

He winced and thought a little. Then answered with great sadness, “But I can’t go on that journey anymore. I have nothing left to pay the fare.”

Concentration of Kiwi wealth in houses may be concerning, but it has helped NZ stand out as the best deliverer of prosperity in the world in the past decade.

If you overvalue your work, the world will likely step in to knock down your price.

But if you undercharge yourself, it's unlikely that the world will step in to compensate you appropriately.

You can’t rely on others to value you correctly. It is not in their best interests to do so.

Insightful Story: Learning For Success

Learn to interact with people, learn Math, English, learn to drive, use a phone & computer, but learn them for success.

Learning to drive a car is easy if you follow some basic rules.

Know the road code, use a safe car, maintain following distance, go slow, keep left & indicate...

Let the song arise, let the instrument play.

Osho’s poetry extols intoxication – whether in communion or committal.

Spiritual story which became a love story...

Insightful story: Let them grow roots

If you want kids to grow tall and strong, trust in your genes & let them be.

Parenting tips for overprotective parents.

“Will you leave us to beg on the streets?” Isha turned her face away in anguish, “while you illuminate the world. Why must Yashodharā always pay the price of Siddharth’s enlightenment?”

Her world was falling apart, and she with it. Rosh felt pity. He knew how hard it was going to be for her.

"I have left so much behind", Pi said, "In the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go."

"But what hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye."

Yann Martel's Life of Pi is reviewed by a school boy.

"Belief requires a leap of faith, and so it is a matter of our choice," he concludes.

Insightful story: Lion And The Mouse

The Aesop fable showed that mercy pays back.

But should kindness be only an investment for future returns?

"There are teachers," Isha answered after considerable thought, "and then there are educators."

"Perhaps it is time for you to graduate from being one to being the other."