'WOMAN and gold' alone is the world. Many people regard money as their very life-blood. But however much you may show love for money, one day, perhaps, every bit of it will slip from your hand. In …
Sri Sankara and the Butcher
SANKARACHARYA was a Brahmajnani, to be sure! But at the beginning he too had the feeling of differentiation. He didn't have the absolute faith that everything in the world is Brahman. One day as he …
Faith is the Mother of Miracles
A MILK-MAID used to supply milk to a brahmana priest living on the other side of a river. Owing to the irregularities of the boat service, she could not supply him milk punctually every day, Once, …
The Love That Freely Giveth is the Highest
PRIDE once entered into the heart of Arjuna, the beloved friend of Sri Krishna. Arjuna thought that none equalled ''him in love and devotion to his Lord and Friend. The omniscient Lord, Sri Krishna, …
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Greater Even Than the Guru!
A POOR brahmana had a rich cloth merchant as his disciple. The merchant was very miserly by nature. One day the brahmana was in need of a small piece of cloth for covering his sacred book. He went to …
What You Are After, is Within Yourself
A MAN wanted a smoke. He went to a neighbour's house to light his charcoal. It was the dead of night and the household was asleep. After he had knocked a great deal, someone came down to open the …
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