Priest And The Prayer
Leo Tolstoy has written a beautiful story: Three men became very famous saints in Russia. The highest priest of the country was very much disturbed — obviously, because people...
Billionaire’s Bliss
I have heard, just before his death, a billionaire became aware that he had never experienced bliss. He must have been fortunate. Some people become aware only after death....
Mantra And The Monkeys
I have always told an ancient Tibetan story…. A young man was very much interested in the esoteric, in the mysterious. He found a saint who was known to...
Perfect Woman
I have heard about a man who remained unmarried his whole life, and when he was dying, ninety years old, somebody asked him, “You have remained unmarried your whole...
Chishti And Music
I have heard a story. It happened in Ajmer… You must have heard about one Sufi mystic, Moinuddin Chishti, whose dargah, whose tomb, is in Ajmer. Chishti was a...
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...
Palace Full Of …..
An ancient story is, a king is getting old…. He has three sons, and all are intelligent. They are triplets, born together, so there is no question of who...
Eternal Chase
I have always loved an ancient story. God made the world, and from that very day the sun went running after darkness. And darkness could not understand: it has...
Yayati And God Of Death
There is a beautiful story, a great parable in the Upanishads: One of the great kings, Yayati, was dying. He was a hundred years old, ripe enough to die...
A Servant In Baghdad
An ancient Sufi parable: A rich merchant in Baghdad sent his servant one day to the marketplace to buy food. But after a few minutes the servant returned looking...