A POOR brahmana had a rich cloth merchant as his disciple. The merchant was very miserly by nature. One day the brahmana was in need of a small piece of cloth for covering his sacred book. He went to …
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Swami Vivekananda On Nirvikalpa Samadhi
In this website we have been preparing a series of articles on Swami Vivekananda's quotes and comments on Samadhi and here our topic is Swami Vivekananda's quotes on Nirvikalpa …
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What You Are After, is Within Yourself
A MAN wanted a smoke. He went to a neighbour's house to light his charcoal. It was the dead of night and the household was asleep. After he had knocked a great deal, someone came down to open the …
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A Devotee Avoids What the World Runs After
AFTER the death of Ravana, his brother Vibhishana refused to be the King of Ceylon. He said: "O Rama, I have obtained you. What shall I do with Kingship?" Rama said: "Vibhishana, be King for the …
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Chandogya Upanishad 1.6.8
तस्यर्क्च साम च गेष्णौ तस्मादुद्गीथस्तस्मात्त्वेवोद्गातैतस्य हि गाता स एष ये चामुष्मात्पराञ्चो लोकास्तेषां चेष्टे देवकामानां चेत्यधिदैवतम् ॥ १.६.८ ॥॥ इति षष्ठः खण्डः ॥ tasyarkca sāma ca geṣṇau …
Be Watchful
ONE should be extremely watchful. Even clothes create vanity. I notice that even a man suffering from an enlarged spleen sings Nidhu Babu's light songs when he is dressed up in black-bordered cloth. …