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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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…
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Detachment
The great Buddhist saint Nagarjuna moved around naked except for a loincloth and, incongruously, a golden begging bowl gifted to him by the King, who was his disciple. One night he was…
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The triple-filter test
One day, an acquaintance came to meet Chanakya and said to him excitedly, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?” “Just wait a while”, Chanakya replied. “Before you tell…
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From Guru Nanak’s life
Once Guru Nanak was on a visit to Banaras with his disciples. As the night approached, he reached a village and decided to spend the night there. The people of the village…
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Karna, the great giver
This is an interesting anecdote from the great Indian epic Mahabharata. Once, Lord Krishna and Arjuna were conversing. Krishna praised Karna for his charity. He said, “None can equal Karna in charity.”…
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Lord Krishna and the lapwing’s nest
It was the battle of Kurukshetra. The white conch shells were about to sound, the elephants to march forward, and the attack of the archers to commence. The moment was brief and…
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True devotion
About a thousand years ago, Rajaraja Chola I was ruling what is now known as Tamil Nadu State in India. He planned to build a grand temple for Lord Siva at his…