Authentic divine protection meets us in our weakness, but the moment ego retaliates and takes justice into its own hands, grace steps back to let us learn our lessons. Once, Lord Vishnu…
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Self-surrender has no scope for complaint
Absolute surrender leaves no room for grievance, recognizing that even the sharpest sorrows originate from the same source we worship. Once, when Lord Rama and his brother Lakshmana went to take bath…
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Hiss but not bite
Spiritual gentle manners must never be mistaken for complete defenselessness; wisdom requires shielding one’s peace without ever harbouring the intent to harm. Some cowherd boys used to tend their cows in a…
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Who?
Sankaracharya had a certain disciple, who served him long without receiving any teaching. One day, hearing footsteps behind him he asked, “Who is there?” and was answered by this disciple, “It is…
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The mahut God
Perceiving divinity in all forms requires equal reverence for the guidance that protects us—to see God everywhere is to honour the voice of reason as well. In a forest, there lived a…
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Four blind men and an elephant
Fragmented perception mistakes a partial glimpse for absolute reality, breeding endless conflict where unity alone exists. Once, four blind men went out to see an elephant. One touched the leg of the…
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Frog in the well
Confined within the narrow walls of dogma, the conditioned mind mistakes its limited enclosure for the infinite universe and rejects whatever transcends its horizon. A frog lived in a well. It had…
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The pandit who could not swim
Learning may win admiration, but a crisis can reveal the difference between what we know and what we can do. Once, several men were crossing the Ganges river in a boat. One…
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The story of a squirrel
This is one more interesting short storiy from Ramayana for children. After the abduction of Sita, Lord Rama along with this army of monkey and bears, started making a bridge of stones…
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Buddha’s path
The lamp contains its oil, which it holds securely in its close grasp and guards from the least loss. Thus is it separate from all other objects around it and is miserly.…
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Lakshmana’s respect for Sita
This is an anecdote from the Ramayana that shows us how to live by the ideals of Gods who came down to Earth in human form. When Prince Rama went in exile…
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An epic dictation
The Mahabharata is India’s greatest epic. ‘Mahabharata’ means ‘Great India,’ India the Sublime. This unparalleled epic is six times the size of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined. The great sage Veda…