I will tell you of one incident in Rabindranath Tagore’s life. His father was a great landlord. Their estate consisted of hundreds of towns and thousands of miles, and there was a beautiful river flowing through their estate. Rabindranath often used to go on his small houseboat and live for months on the beautiful river, […]
Mulla Nasruddin was in love with a lady. But then the relationship was broken. Mulla went to the lady and started asking her to return all the things that he had gifted to her when they were together. He asked for the bracelet, the earrings, the purse and so on… The lady was in a
IF A MAN IS CROSSING A RIVERAND AN EMPTY BOAT COLLIDES WITH HIS OWN SKIFF,EVEN THOUGH HE BE A BAD-TEMPERED MANHE WILL NOT BECOME VERY ANGRY.BUT IF HE SEES A MAN IN THE BOAT,HE WILL SHOUT TO HIM TO STEER CLEAR.AND IF THE SHOUT IS NOT HEARD HE WILL SHOUTAGAIN AND YET AGAIN, AND BEGIN
“Whatsoever is going on in your mind, don’t interfere, don’t try to stop it. Do not do anything, because whatsoever you do will become a discipline. So do not do anything at all. JUST WATCH. Watching is not a doing. Just as you watch the sunset or the clouds in the sky or the people
HOW IS IT THAT WE USUALLY CHOOSE TO BE UNHAPPY? HOW IS IT THAT WE DON’T FEEL AWARE OF THE CHOICE? If everybody is looking at you, you become important. If nobody is looking at you, you feel as if you are not there, you are no more, you are a non-being. People looking at
When I say, “Go inwards,” that does not mean that you will find someone there waiting for you. On the contrary, the more you go inwards, the less and less you are an ego. You are, but the feeling of I-ness starts disappearing — for the simple reason that the I can exist only in
A new shop had opened in the town, where any young man could go and select a suitable bride for himself. The sign board on the shop read “Find Your Bride”. One youngster went into the shop. As he opened the main door, he thought he would see some potential brides there. Rather he found
“A bunch of ants came out of the darkness of their underground nest in search of food. It was early in the morning. The ants happened to pass by a plant whose leaves were covered with morning dew. ‘What are these?’ asked one of the ants, pointing to the dew-drops. ‘Where do they come from?’
WHY HAVE HUMAN BEINGS GONE THROUGH THIS STRUGGLE SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING? WERE THERE NOT ALREADY HIGHLY DEVELOPED CIVILIZATIONS LIVING ON THIS EARTH? AND YET THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS GOT LOST AND MAN HAD TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS TO BE A PARTICULARLY DARK PERIOD. IS THERE SUCH A COSMIC LAW THAT SAYS,
These days I am dreading to receive a call, or open a WhatsApp message or look at social media posts in the fear of some news about near and dear ones, family and friends, some well-known persons succumbing to COVID. Life has become like a Marvel movie – Avengers Endgame – where the global villain
