As LONG as there is the body, one should take care of it. But I find that the body is quite separate from the Self. When a man rids himself entirely of his love for ’woman and gold’, then he clearly …
The Physician With His Jars of Molasses
A PHYSICIAN prescribed medicine for a patient and said to him, "Come another day and I'll give you directions about diet," The physician had several jars of molasses in his room that day. The patient …
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Such is the Pride That Money Begets
A FROG had a rupee, which he kept in his hole. One day an elephant was going over the hole, and the frog, coming out in a fit of anger, raised his foot, as if to kick the elephant, and said, "How dare …
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No Beggar, I, for Common Fruit
JUST imagine Hanuman's state of mind. He didn't care for money, honour, creature comforts, or anything else. He longed only for God. When he was running away with the heavenly weapon that had been …
Why Not Through a Man?
IT is God Himself who plays about as human beings. If God can be worshipped through a clay image why not through a man? Once a merchant was shipwrecked. He floated to the shore of Ceylon, where …
Faith Knows No Miracles
ONCE there lived two yogis who were practising austerities with a view to realize the Lord. One day Narada, the divine sage, was passing by their hermitage, when one of them asked him, "Are you coming …