WHEN Rama and Lakshmana went to take their bath in Pampa Lake, they thrust their bows into the ground. Coming out of the water, Lakshmana took out his bow and found its tip stained with blood. Rama …
The Avadhuta and His Upa-gurus
THE Guru is only one, but Upa-gurus (secondary gurus) may be many. He is an Upa-guru from whom anything whatsoever is learned. It is mentioned in the Bhagavata that the great Avadhuta (a great yogi) …
Thorns Denied Prick No Less Keenly
ONCE, finding it difficult to reconcile the contradictory doctrines of man's free will and God's grace two disciples of the Master went to him for a solution of the same. The Master said, "Why do you …
A Salt Doll Went to Fathom the Ocean
ONCE, a salt doll went to measure the depth of the ocean. It wanted to tell others how deep theater was. But this it could never do, for no sooner did it get into the water than it melted. Now, who …
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Ka! Ka! Ka!
THERE was a pundit who was tremendously vain. He did not believe in the forms of God. But who can understand the inscrutable ways of the Divine? God revealed Himself to him as the Primal Power. The …
Brood Over Other’s Sins, and You Sin Yourself
A SANNYASIN dwelt by the side of a temple. There was the house of a harlot in front. Seeing the constant concourse of men in the prostitute's house, the sannyasin one day called her and censured her, …
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