Once upon a time, a crocodile couple lived in a river. On the riverside, there were many trees of different types of fruits. A monkey lived on the Jambul tree and relished the tasty fruits. One day, one of the crocodiles came to the riverside searching for food. The kind monkey offered him some fruits […]
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One day, a lion was sleeping outside his den. Near by, a little mouse was playing hide and seek with his friends. By chance, the mouse ran over the lion. Instantly, the lion woke up in anger. He grabbed the mouse and said, “You are my evening snack today!” The poor little mouse trembled with
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In a dense forest, there lived a notorious lion who killed many animals every day. One day, all the animals gathered under a big banyan tree for the meeting. They came up with an idea and went to meet the lion. The animals said, “Please stop hunting. We will send you an animal every day.”
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Once, a fox and a stork were good friends. One day, the fox invited the stork for dinner. When the stork reached there, the table was already laid. The stork was disappointed to see the soup served in shallow dishes. “I have made this delicious soup myself. Enjoy your meal,” said the fox. The stork
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Once, there was a beautiful kingdom around a lake. In summer days, there was no rain and the lake dried up. People grew anxious and went to the King. The King decided to go in search of water. After several days, he reached the Iced Cold Mountain. There, he saw an old woman. The King
A cunning old crane lived by the side of a pond. One day, he sadly stood by the pond. The fish asked him, “Why do you look so sad?” “I have heard that this pond is going to fill up with mud soon.” “All the fish will die!” the crane started crying. The fish got
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A hungry jackal set off in search of food. He accidentally wandered into a village. A group of dogs attacked him. The jackal ran for his life and entered the house of a washerman. He came across a large container filled with blue dye. He jumped into the container to hide. The jackal turned blue
Once, there lived a poor woodcutter. One day, while cutting a tree on a river-bank, his axe fell into the river. Mercury, one of the gods from heaven, came to help him. Mercury dived into the river and came out with a gold axe. But the woodcutter said, “that’s not my axe.’’ Mercury dived again
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Once, there was a kingdom, ruled by a kind King. But the King had only one leg and one eye. His palace had beautiful portraits of his ancestors. The kind King wanted a beautiful portrait of his too. But he felt that no one could make his portrait beautiful. One day, the King announced a
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TRUE RENUNCIATION Arjun asked, ‘O Almighty! What is the purpose of sacrifice or renunciation? What does life of sacrifice orrenunciation gain one?’ Krishna said, ‘O Arjun! The renunciation is giving up of all the acts based on the worldly desires and surrendering the consequences or rewards of all actions is ‘sacrifice’. One who is able
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THE PILLARS OF FAITH Arjun asked from Krishna, ‘O Madhusudan! Mostly the people do not worship as prescribed by the scriptures. They worship according to their own fancies. In what class shall you put such people? Are they Satvik, Rajsik or Tamsik (Noble, Attached or Negative)?’ Krishna answered, ‘O Parth! People eat food of their
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NOBLE AND DEMONIC NATURE Arjun asked Krishna, ‘O Man Supreme! In this world we find two types of people—one with noble disposition and others of evil or demonic nature. Both are your creations. Then, why this double standard, my lord?’ Krishna responded, ‘O Parth! I created the divine qualities of fearlessness, charitability, self-discipline, self purification,
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THE WORLD-TREE HYPOTHESIS Arjun said to Krishna, ‘O Keshav! After getting over the three basic tendencies, the soul goes to which zone or level you were referring? I want to know it more clearly.’ Krishna responded, ‘Arjun! This world is like a peepal tree in inverted form, the roots are on top and branches below.
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THREE SHADES OF NATURE Krishna added further, ‘O Arjun! After knowing the three basic properties (shades or instincts) and the sublime knowledge a man attains divinity. Vested in that knowledge a man gains divine nature like I do. Then, he does not come into existence at creation or gets destroyed at doom. O son of
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NATURE, CREATURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS Arjun visioned Lord’s universal mega-form with the divine sight blessed to him, but upon returning to the physical level, curiosities again seized him. He asked the Lord, ‘O Krishna! What is the differences between the nature and creature (physical reality), body and the master of the body and between knowledge and
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