Irving: Got no cheque books
Got no checkbooks, got no banks, Still I’d like to express my thanks; I’ve got the sun in the morning and the moon at night. Irving Berlin
Category: Spirituality
Ramakrishna: Householders calling on God
A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: “They are blessed indeed who pray to Me in the midst of their worldly duties. They...
Wisdom Winging Within
Sarva Mangalam! May all beings be enlightened! WISDOM WINGING WITHIN By SURYAKANTHI TRIPATHI Based on 1. CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS by Fariduddin Attar 2. SRI RAMACHARITAMANASA of Goswami Tulsidas and 3. BYA CHOS RIN-CHEN HPHREN-BA...
Kriyananda: Give God Complete Command
Give God complete command over your life. Surrender to Him without any self-justification or defensiveness. He knows our every thought, and is only waiting for us to offer ourselves fully to Him for His...
Saint Bernard: Why love?
Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love. Saint Bernard
Buddha: Unshaken by…
Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame. – Gautama Buddha.
Two Theives
A Brahmin (Priest), whose profession was singing the glories of the Lord, was reciting Srimad Bhagavatam in the house of a Big Landlord. A thief broke into the house where the recital was going...
The Shaykh and the Boy Selling Halvah / Neil Douglas Klotz
One story from the book. To read more, buy the book Once upon a time, a famous Sufi shaykh lived in old Baghdad. The shaykh was renowned for his charity and goodness. Aside from...
Merry Christmas!!
Today, standing in the balcony, I saw a school bus full of cute little children dressed as Santa. This small moment refreshed all the childhood memories when Christmas was the much-awaited festival. That day,...
Universal Mystic, Guru Nanak / Raj Ayyar
There is no Hindu and no Muslim! –Guru Nanak after his enlightenment. Time to revisit that gentle, beautiful universalist mystic Guru Nanak, one who synthesizes the best of Hinduism and Islam, without being constrained...