Once a Saint was giving a discourse of knowledge and devotion to his disciples. A disciple sitting in the audience, stood up and asked, “We are told that God is present everywhere but if it is so then why is he never visible to us. How can we believe that he is really around us? … Read more
When God created man, he gave him two bundles. God told man to keep one bundle on the front and other one on the back behind on his shoulder. Man left with bags kept the way God said. God had kept man’s own shortcoming in one bundle and shortcoming of other’s (world) in the other … Read more
In old times, two farmers lived in a village and both of them were very poor. They had little land to work on and worked hard in it to take care of their own and their family needs. Suddenly after sometime, both of them died on same day. Yamraj (God of Death) took both of … Read more
Once a person asked Jagat Guru Shankaracharya, “Why do we offer food to God? Does God eat from whatever we offer? Does any change occur to food after we offer it to God? Is there any change in color, taste or quantity of food we offer?” If not, why do we do this? Isn’t this … Read more
Once two men were talking sitting near a temple. After sometime a man came there, sat with them and started talking. Few minutes later that man said, “I am feeling hungry.” Listening to this two men also started feeling hungry. First man said that he have 3 chapatti and second man said he have 5 … Read more
A King, whenever went to temple, would see two beggars sitting at temple entrance. One beggar used to sit on left and other on right side. Seeing King, beggar on right would say, “O God, you have given a lot to the King, give it to me too!” Where as Beggar on left would say, … Read more
Long ago, there was a small village by the river. Everyone lived happily and would regularly go to temple to pray. Once during monsoon season, it rained heavily and because of this river started overflowing, flood entered village. Knowing this everyone started to evacuate village, to go to a safe place. One man ran to … Read more
Once upon a time, in a village lived a lazy man who didn’t like to work and would always look for an easier way to feed himself. One day, while searching for his food, he saw a fruit farm. He looked around and didn’t see anyone guarding that farm, so he decided to steal some … Read more
Once a man went to his barber’s shop. Barber and man often used to talk about various topics like politics, sports etc. Today, they started to talk about existence of God. Barber said, “I don’t believe in God’s existence.” Man asked, “Why?” Barber said, “Just look down the street and you will understand that there … Read more
In a village lived a poor woodcutter who would go to forest everyday to cut wood and then sell it in market. His income was very low. One day he heard about a monk who came to his village. He decided to go to monk. Next morning, he went to monk and said, “Maharaj, i … Read more