Why have the awakened people always been against scriptures? This is a great misunderstanding all around the world. The people who have awakened are against the scriptures for a totally different reason than people understand. People think they are against scriptures because scriptures are wrong; they are against scriptures because if you get lost in […]
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
You must have read this story – ‘The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the water close to Japan has not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther in the ocean than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to
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 king used to go every night into the city for a round to see how things are going – of course, in disguise. He was very much puzzled about one man, a young, very beautiful man, who was always standing under a tree naked by the side of the street, the same tree every
