Paritosh and Latish

Once there was a wise and beautiful bird, Paritosh. He had attained fool-proof wisdom of how to survive in jungle after years of hard-work. But He was generous enough to give that wisdom to all other animals without expecting anything from them. His purpose was establishing peace in the jungle. There were many cruel animals in the jungle, who used to kill other animals. But disciples of Master Paritosh could save themselves from them by following His guidelines. In the same jungle a lion, Latish, also lived. He had heard a lot about Master Paritosh and thought of meeting Him. But he did not want to scare other animals. So, he wrote a letter to Master Paritosh to fix his meeting. Master Paritosh accepted his request and they met in dark at a lonely place. Only one other disciple of the Master, a hare had come along to meet Latish. The lion Latish, listened to teachings of Master Paritosh and was moved at heart. He felt gulity of killing so many animals in hi...