A man who is well educated and an author of many books went to meet a Sufi saint. The Sufi saint is not educated. He went to the saint and said, “How can a person be happy?” “I have studied all the holy books. I can recite all shlokas, mantras, and the entire Quran, but …
There were two ladies who used to sell things in the market. One of the women used to sell fish, and another sold flowers. They become friends as they have known each other for a long time. One day the fisherwoman came to stay with the lady who sold flowers, and she stayed there overnight. …
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 …
Let’s start with understanding laziness related to the external world. Everyone knows what laziness is and we all actively do this. We are very actively lazy. We frequently think, “I don’t feel like doing anything today. Let’s sleep for some more time.” “Why there is a need to go to work?” This laziness personified. Laziness …
We all know the story about how Ganesh Ji was made by Parvati Mata from her ubtan, and Parvati Mata asked him to guard the door. When Shiv Ji came back from samadhi to meet Maa Parvati, Ganesh Ji stopped him from going inside. Shiv Ji then beheaded Ganesh Ji using his trident. If you …
The sixth tenet of life is contentment. Shradha purvak samadhan means to be happy in the way God has kept you. How will this contentment manifest itself? Contentment doesn’t mean satisfaction. Satisfaction means whatever you wished for is being fulfilled, and you are happy because of it. Contentment entails being happy in whatever way God …
Today we will talk about faith. People believe God is there, but that is not faith. Faith is believing there is only God. People say, “God is there, but…” When the but comes, it means faith is not there. And when there is no faith, people suffer. What exactly is faith? A person who says, …
Today we will understand self-control, which is one of the six tents of life. Self-control means controlling our senses. We have two kinds of indriyas: karam indriya and gyan indriya. We have to control our Gyan Indriyas which are touch, smell, taste, vision, and hearing. The senses are not the culprits we incorrectly blame them …