Vairaagya

When we lose one of our beloved relatives, we feel dispassion for the world. This is markat vairaagya. After a few days, we feel comfortable in the world, and life resumes itself ‘as usual.’ How to change this false dispassion into a true dispassion? We may be chanting the name or even doing charity, but we don’t …

Gokarna

Atmadeva, Dhundhli, Dhundhli’s sister, Dhundhkar, Gokarna…. Once upon a time, there lived a rich brahmin, named Atmadeva. He got married to a very beautiful lady, named Dhundhli. She was very pious, but her physical beauty deluded her. She didn’t want to bear a child, as she feared losing her physical beauty. As Atmadeva grew older, he wished to have …