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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WHAT IS BHAKTI YOGA Krishna has again reverted to his normal human form. With folded hands Arjun says to him, ‘O Keshav! Deity Orignal!! Man Supreme!!! Those who worship you or who put their faith in formless Power Eternal, which of the two do I consider more accomplished?’ Krishna answered to him. ‘O Parth! Those
DIVINE SIGHT TO ARJUN Krishna’s long speech spread more confusion in the mind of Arjun. He said, ‘O Janardan! Hearing your glory has destroyed my infatuation. But it has fired up my desire to see your mind-boggling form. My head spins. You stand before me as my friend. But I don’t see your mega form.
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MARVELLOUS GLORY OF LORD Krishna spoke to Arjun, ‘O valiant Arjun! You are my friend. So, I will give you a knowledge that is still better and sublime than whatever I have revealed already. You should know that all the gods, deities, sages and yogis even, don’t know my real glory although they are born
WAR IS INEVITABLE Sanjay said to Dhritrashtra, “King! Arjun still is having lingering doubts even after hearing sermons from Krishna on worlds, creatures, objects, soul, God, life and death. The fact of Krishna being his bosom friend is preventing Arjun from accepting Krishna as God. He is yet undecided as to battle or not to
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TRUTH, SOUL AND MUNDANE WORLD Arjun asked Lord Krishna, ‘O man sublime! What is Brahma or truth? What is spirit? What is Karma? What is mortal? What is deity supreme? And O Madhusudan! What is yajna supreme? And how is it in this body? Please reveal these mysteries to me.’ Krishna answered, ‘O Dhananjaya! What
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