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,...
Then Have A Cup Of Tea
The first thing to be understood is that complex things can be understood, simple things cannot. A simple thing is alone. This Joshu story is very simple. It is...
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...
A Harvard Professor’s Appointment With April
Thirty-eight years ago, philosopher George Santayana came into a sizable legacy and was able to relinquish his post on the Harvard faculty. The classroom was packed for his final...
Subtle Essence
Let me tell you another story, again from the Chhandogya Upanishad. “Fetch me from a fruit of the nyagrodh tree,” asked the father, the great sage Uddalak, to his...
Only King Can Touch A Feet
Always remember: the person who is Not Humble is NOT yet certain about himself. There is a very famous Eastern story…. A blind man is sitting under a tree....
Surprise Me!!
A Hassid Master was dying. He was a very extraordinary human being, of great innocence and joy. He loved to laugh and dance and sing; that’s the way of...
Bhamati Shall Be Remembered
I shall tell you of a wonderful incident in the life of Vachaspati Mishra… His father urged him to marry. Vachaspati understood nothing of marriage. He however, bowed to...
Put Your Hands On The Top Of Your Heads
Behind a temple there was a field where a lot of squashes were ripening. One day a fight started. Now, you know, squashes are squashes… a great fight. The...
What Are You?
Yesterday I was reading someone’s life story. When he first arrived to study at Oxford University, he was very shy and bashful. The clerk asked him, “what do you...