I HAVE seen the acharya of the Adi Brahmo Samaj, I understand that he has married for the second or third time. He has grownup children. And such men are teachers! If they say, 'God is real and all …
Few, Very Few Are They
A RICH man said to his servant: "Take this diamond to the market and let me know how different people price it. Take it, first of all, to the egg-plant seller." The servant took the diamond to the …
Simulation of Holiness May Become a Stimulation for It
ONE night a fisherman went into a garden and cast his net into the lake in order to steal some fish.The owner heard him and surrounded him with his servants. They brought lighted torches and began to …
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Childlike Should Be the Man of Highest Wisdom
ONCE, a sannyasini came to the royal court of Janaka. To her the king bowed, without looking at her face. Seeing this, the sannyasini said: "How strange it is, O Janaka, that you have still so much …
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Conceit is to Devotion What Canker is to Buds
ONCE upon a time conceit entered into the heart of Narada, and he thought there was no greater devotee than himself. Reading his heart, the Lord said: "Narada, go to such and such a place. A great …
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No Scripturist Ever Vaunts of His Learning
A LEARNED brahmana once went to a wise king and said, "I am well-versed, O king, in the holy scriptures. I intend to teach you the Bhagavata. The king, who was the wiser of the two, knew well that a …
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