When Eknath Ji was married, his wife died within a few days after the ceremony. Eknath Ji could not stick to the filth and continued calling Vitthala. One day, he decided to fetch some water from the Gangotri glacier in the Himalayas and offer it to the Shivalinga in Rameshwaram. He collected a drape to …
In Maharashtra (a place in India), there lived a saint called Namdev. He is a very great devotee and Bakht of God. He has very little atta to make roti, but he managed to make one. When he made the roti and kept it to eat on the floor, a dog came and took it …
Baba Nanak with his disciples was traveling to all the holy places by foot throughout Bharat. One day they were traveling in the jungle, and his disciple Mardana said,’ Ho Baba we have gone to all the holy pilgrimage places can’t we go to Hajj as well? Baba said, “Why not?” He said let us …
Once someone gave Rabiya Basri Ji a beautiful and expensive shawl. For her, a shawl is a clothe to cover oneself; expensive doesn’t matter to her; for others, it is a valuable thing. Rabiya ji never closed her house and always opened the window; whoever wants to visit her can see her anytime, and whoever …
This story takes place when Baba Nanak was a young boy and had not yet attained the status of Baba Nanak. Baba Nanak was born in Nankana Sahib, Punjab. He was never interested in materialistic things, and even studies didn’t attract him. He was sent by his father to his sister’s house in Sultanpur. Her …
There was a very devoted person to Sai Baba. He was so devoted to Sai Baba that his every breath was filled with “Sai Ram”. He lived with the attitude that “God is; God is doing everything, and thank you, God.” It was the time of the devotee’s death. He has previously told Sai Baba, …
He was old, he was suffering, he was near his death, and then came the despised outcaste—he lives on carrion, dead animals; the Hindus would not allow them to come into cities—one of these invited him to a dinner and he came with his disciples, and the poor man, he wanted to treat this great …
Today’s story is about a saint named Paramahansa Yogananda. He had a guru named Yukteshwar Giri. When Paramahansa ji was in his student life and his guru used to visit him, he was always of the mind that I should give up my studies and totally devote my time to the Guru. However, Guruji was …
Hazrat Ali was born inside the holy Kaaba. Why was he the only one who was born inside the holy Kaaba? When Bibi Fatima was expecting a child, she was brought near the holy Kaaba by some force. She was forced to do the circumambulation of the holy Kaaba seven times just before she was …
Kabir Das Ji was a saint in India. Near Kabir das Ji’s, a few workers used to daily gather there, and a contractor used to come to take them for construction work. One day, for some reason, the contractor didn’t come to pick them up for a few days. As a result, the workers stop …