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The Impact Of Rama Nama

Rama Nama or the name of Rama is nectar to those who utter it. An episode from the Ramayana reveals the impact of Rama Nama on those who uttered it.Once as Rama and Lakshmana walked by the lake of Pampa,

Crushing The Questions

Silence prevails when one is done away with questions. A short Sufi story reveals the truth.Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, was preaching in a small monastery, in a desert. He was answering his disciple's questions, sitting in the courtyard. A few passersby found

Wisdom foresees!

A short Sufi story reveals the foreseeing aspect of wisdom.An old man approached a goldsmith and requested his scales.“May I use your scales to weigh my gold?” The goldsmith answered, “Sorry sir! I do not have a sieve!”“No but I

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Haunting Problems

Do problems haunt us or do we cling to them?A master disciple relationship reveals the truth.A disciple once asked his master, “Sir, I see a lot of suffering in the world and people are haunted by it. How can one free

Transcending Words

The mystics had gone beyond words, the ultimate state and taught the seekers to transcend words.A short Sufi story reveals the truth.Jalaluddin Rumi, the great Sufi mystic was the first to buy an old unlettered Sufi book which

Sanity In Insanity

The world considers the minority of people having a different view or a different outlook to life as mad. A person who is different is looked down upon, owing to his extra-ordinariness, especially the spiritual.Osho comments on a

The Pundit And The Fakir

Mere intellectual uploading reaches not to the state of true experience! A short Sufi story reveals the truth. There was once a Fakir who was a ferryman. Once a pundit approached him to be ferried across to the other shore. The

Being And Becoming!

A truly evolved person is the one who is not caught up in the web of ideas of 'becoming' but who has settled in 'being'. A short Hassidic story reveals the truth.About several hundred years ago there was a Hassid master

The Eternal Witness

There is nothing that can be kept away from God as God is the essence of everything. A short Sufi story relates the truth.There were two disciples who approached a Master in order to know the eternal truth. The master handed

The Infinite

The bliss of the infinite is ineffable while the joy arising out of the finite is momentary. A story from the Upanishads reveals the truth.Sveta-Ketu was the son of a great Rishi called Uddalaka. One day he put forward a query,

A True Jnani

An anecdote from the Yoga Vasishtam, a conversation between Vasishta and the bird Bhushandi throws light on the ultimate truth, the eternal Brahman and the nature of a true Jnani.Vashishta queries Bhushandi how he could always remain stable, not ruffled

Guru Dakshinamurthy

The concept of the Guru or the teacher is represented in Dakshinamurthy. The infinite consciousness manifested as a teacher-young-sitting under a tree with brilliant scintillating face that beams with experience divine which He is living every moment. This great master, Dakshinamurthy

The World In The Self!

The whole cosmos is within the one who is self realised. A short story from the Ramayana reveals the truth.When the divine manifested as prince Rama, some matured souls could identify Him as none other than God. However there

The Light That Lights All!

Brihad-aranyaka Upanishad says that man has five lights that guide him. A short story from this Upanishad reveals the truth.A venerable sage who was wise once came to the court of King Janaka who was also wise.King Janaka who wanted to

Explaining The Essence Of Tao

The truth of Tao is not contained in words. A short Tao story reveals the truth.A scholar and a gentleman by name Duke Huan, sat on a balcony reading. Below one of his servants, P'ien was carving out a wooden

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