A milk man, while going to the market to sell milk, became absorbed with the dreams of his future. He thought that with the profits he would purchase some ducks, that the ducks would give birth to a …
Gods and Demons – Swami Vivekananda
A god and a demon went to learn about the Self from a great sage. They studied with him for a long time. At last the sage told them, ‘You yourselves are the Being you are seeking.’ Both of them …
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Universal Brotherhood – Swami Vivekananda
I remember an old story. In India, taking wine is considered very bad. There were two brothers who wished, one night, to drink wine secretly; and their uncle, who was a very orthodox man, was sleeping …
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Dependence upon God
As an itinerant monk, Swami Vivekananda used to go about throughout the length and breadth of India with only one piece of cloth and a staff in hand. One day, he came to a railway station altogether …
Strength is the Test – Swami Vivekananda
There is an old story of an astrologer who came to a king and said, ‘You are going to die in six months.’ The king was frightened out of his wits and was almost about to die then and there from …
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Swami Sarvagatananda
Narayan, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, joined the Order in 1934 and received his mantra-diksha from Swami Akhandanandaji in 1936. Akhandanandaji challenged Narayan to walk a thousand miles to the …