QUESTIONER: "Sir, how can one escape Prarabdha? The effect of action performed in previous births?" Sri Ramakrishna: "No doubt a man experiences a little of the effect; but much of it is cancelled …
Both Friend and Foe the Saints Adore
THERE was a monastery in a certain place. The monks residing there went out daily to beg their food. One day a monk, while out for his alms, saw a landlord beating a man mercilessly. The compassionate …
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In Weal and Woe, God for Evermore
IN a certain village there lived a weaver. He was a very pious soul. Everyone trusted him and loved him. He used to sell his goods in the market-place. When a customer asked him the price of a cloth, …
The King and the Magician
As you go nearer to God you see less and less of His upadhis, His attributes. A devotee at first may see the Deity as the ten-armed Divine Mother; when he goes nearer, he sees her possessed of six …
The King and the Pandit
THERE was a king who used daily to hear the Bhagavata recited by a pandit. Every day, after explaining the sacred book, the pandit would say to the king, "O King, have you understood what I have …
Even if You Wish to Renounce the World
MAN cannot renounce the world even if he wishes, because he is thwarted by the karmas that are bearing fruit in the present birth and by the impressions of previous actions left on the mind (Prarabdha …
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