Soup Of The Soup Of The Soup Of The Soup Of…
Truth is never second hand, it cannot be transferred. One has to know it and be it oneself — that is why all tradition falsifies it, and all scriptures,...
Truth At Any Cost
THE Chhandogya Upanishad has a beautiful story. Let us begin with it. Satyakam asked his mother, Jabala, “Mother, I want to live the life of a student of supreme...
Miracle Of Trust
In Tibet, there is a beautiful story about Marpa. It may not be factual, but it is tremendously significant. I don’t care much about facts. My emphasis is on...
Lifespan Of A Man
I have heard… God is making all the creatures of the earth and is giving out sex lives to each animal. First he turns to the human. “I am...
Learning to Listen
Once, the Bodhisattva was born as an ascetic. He had five hundred followers, who lived with him in his mountain abode. Once day, half of his followers, including their...
Truth And Lie And A Child
One day I was playing — I must have been five or six years old… A man used to come to see my father, an utterly boring man. And...
The Only Flaw Of The Palace
There is the story of a king who once built a special palace. He made it so impregnable that no enemy could enter it. We also, in life, make...
Master Of Silence
People are so foolish. Either they are deceived by words or they are deceived by silence — but they are deceived either way. There is a famous Zen story....
In Search Of A Guide
I will tell you one Sufi story: A man is going in search of truth. As he comes out of his city, he finds an old man sitting under...
Tutor And Ghosts
Shambu Babu, my newly appointed tutor, coughed when he entered the room, fixed his tie, tried to stand upright and said, “Listen, boy, I have heard many stories about...