Right Audience
I am reminded of a story that actually happened. In Lucknow, there was a crazy king, Wajid Ali Shah. He was crazy in many ways: the whole day he...
Tree That Survived The Carpenters
Taoists say: That which is not created by man is valuable. That which is created may have a relative value, a market value, but really it is not valuable:...
Hope, Fear And Knowledge
When a great Sufi mystic, Hassan, was dying, somebody asked, ‘Hassan, who was your Master?’ He said, ‘Now it is too late to ask. Time is short, I am...
Goose Is Out
Nansen is a rare man. THE OFFICIAL, RIKO, ONCE ASKED NANSEN TO EXPLAIN TO HIM THE OLD PROBLEM OF THE GOOSE IN THE BOTTLE. The problem is very ancient....
At The Doorsteps Of God
The fear comes at the moment when you come to dissolve your last part, because then it will be irrevocable; you will not be able to come back. I...
Masters And Their Birth
The first incident happened before Ashtavakra was born. Nothing is known of what came afterwards but this is an incident while he was still in the womb. His father,...
Disappear In Dance
One Sufi mystic was so full of love, and so full of joy — his whole life was laughter, music, dancing. And the story says God became very interested...
Lazarus, Come Out!
YOU HAVE heard the story of Lazarus — that is a story of man as such. It is said Lazarus died. Jesus loved him very much. His sisters informed...
A Beggar In Heaven ?
It happened once that a very rich man died on the same day a beggar in the town also died. The name of the beggar was Lazarus. The rich...
The Holy Shadow
Let me tell you one very famous Sufi story, “The Holy Shadow.” There once lived a saint so good that the angels came from heaven to see how a...