There is a story that when the great library of Alexandria was burned, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coppers. It was not very interesting, yet there was a most interesting thing in it. It […]
Children learn more from “who you are” than “what you teach.” His Holiness Radhanath Swami shares a story and message that should be heard by every parent and teacher! (Transcribed from a video – https://fb.watch/g-ja73ypgl/ ) “There was a man, he lived in 1920’s 1930’s. His name was Easy Eddie. Easy Eddie was a super
It was a burning summer afternoon. The time when the British were still ruling India. One British sergeant riding on his horse was going towards his camp after visiting a nearby village. The heat was unbearable, the land was barren, and the ride was long. The sergeant and his horse were both thirsty. The sergeant
LEARN FROM IT THE LESSON OF HARMONY. Whatsoever beautiful moments, whatsoever ecstatic moments, happy moments you have had — collect them, cherish them, live with them, Live them. You will become more sensitive to happiness. Happiness will be more attracted towards you, love will happen to you more, meditation will come to you more easily.
Life is dialectical, that is why it is not logical. Logic means that the opposite is really opposite, and life always implies the opposite in itself. In life the opposite is not really the opposite, it is the complementary. Without it nothing is possible. For example, life exists because of death. If there is no
In Arabia there has been a woman, a Sufi mystic, Rabiya al-Adabiya… Sufis are one of the best products of all the religions. There is no comparison. And in Sufism there is no one compared with Rabiya al-Adabiya. She is at the very top. A Sufi woman who was known for her very eccentric behavior.
In deep gratefulness, sing the song, dance the dance that is waiting deep inside your being to be expressed. I have heard…. Once upon a time, an angel came to earth to see man and his world, because he had heard so many stories of man’s splendour that he could not resist his curiosity. The
A day comes when this whole existence is your beloved. That is our potential. And anybody who is not achieving it is wasting his life. Yes, you will have to lose a few things, but they are worthless. You will be gaining so much that you will never think again of what you have lost.
(Pavitra Rishta is Pure Relationship) Kabir is a nobody, a man of the masses, very poor, very ordinary, with no education at all, with no culture. And that is his rarity. Why do I call it his rarity? Because to be ordinary in the world is the most extraordinary thing. He was very ordinary —
On a bumpy village road filled with pebbles and potholes, a noisy bus dashed through blowing dust behind it and shaking all passengers seated and some standing. An old man was sitting with a bunch of fresh flowers in his hand. The fragrance of those lovely flowers was spreading around making the uncomfortable journey bearable.
