Bhakti Stories No Fooling the Faithful Like God they are all-knowing Saint Tukaram lived in the village of Dehu. Once an ascetic (sanyasi) was to visit the village. To welcome the sanyasi, the villagers built a big mandap (a tarp supported on poles to make room for people to sit in shade). A huge crowd of
Bhakti Stories You Can’t Outrun What’s Meant for You There was once an rich and prosperous king. He ruled for many years. Then he realized that owning and controlling the wealth hasn’t made him any happier than before. In fact, the cares of the world made him more stressed and anxious. So he handed over the keys of
Bhakti Stories Focus: Your Superpower in a Distracted World One day, Guru Dronacharya, the teacher of Kauravas and Pandavas, set up a target in the shape of a bird on a tree and invited his students to shoot at it. When they took aim, he asked each of them a question. First, Duryodhana took up his stance. “What can
Bhakti Stories Guru as the Personification of Divine Grace Sage Vishvamitra was previously the valiant King Satyarath. Once Satyarath went to the jungle with his army on a hunting expedition. By evening, he and his army were tired, thirsty and hungry. In search of water they finally reached sage Vashishtha’s hermitage. Contrary to his expectation, they got splendid
Bhakti Stories A Wise Devotee One fine morning a generous king ordered his messengers to beat the drums and announce, “tomorrow morning when the palace gates open, everyone is free to touch any object of their choice in the palace. Whichever object they touch, will be gifted to them”. Hearing the news, all residents of
Bhakti Stories Lord Shiv Plays Holi with Shri Krishna Once Lord Shiva, who is the greatest devotee of Shri Krishna, was eager to play Holi with His beloved Shri Krishna and arrived in Vrindaban dressed as an ascetic. At the same time, the gopis were getting ready to play Holi with their beloved Shyam Sundar. Seeing an ascetic, the
Bhakti Stories The Way to Attain It All Jagannath Mishra was a very learned scholar. He was always engrossed in thoughts of God. He wrote a commentary on 100,000 shlokas of Mahabharat. But when he was writing the commentary on Gita he came across the verse – अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जना: पर्
Bhakti Stories Embrace the Higher Duty When Lord Ram was banished to 14 years of exile by His stepmother Kaikeyi, a pall of gloom fell over the kingdom. Their father, King Dashrath and Lord Ram’s mother Kaushalya were grief stricken and inconsolable. King Dashrath fell terribly sick such that no medicine could help him. Despite
