The village priest was a holy man, so each time the people were in trouble they had recourse to him. He would then withdraw to a special place in the forest and say a special prayer. God would always hear his prayer and the village would be helped. When he died and the people were
Continue Reading...Long ago there lived in Northern India a merchant whose wife had died and who went daily from his lonely house in the foothills to the town below, for buying and selling. “I must have a holiday,” he said to himself one day, and he began to climb up into the hills to enjoy the
Continue Reading...A teacher and his student were walking from one village to another, when they suddenly heard a roar behind them. Turning their gaze in the direction of the roar they saw a big tiger following them. The first thing the student wanted to do was to run away, but as he has been studying and
Continue Reading...A disciple and his teacher were walking through the forest. The disciple was disturbed by the fact that his mind was in constant unrest. He asked his teacher, “Why most people’s minds are restless, and only a few possess a calm mind? What can one do to still the mind?” The teacher looked at the
Continue Reading...Once while MahaVishnu and Brahma were quarrelling about which of them was superior to the other, suddenly a column sprang up through the ground – a column from no where, without top or base, a column of light and fire into which the apocalyptic astras were absorbed like two sparks. It was a linga! With
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