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Priya Sanjay Tandon

Saint And Sinner

Anastasius was abbot of a monastery in Egypt. The monastery had a large collection of books, one among them being a rare volume, worth a fortune. One day a visiting monk chanced upon the book and succumbing to temptation walked away with it. The theft was discovered the same day

The Slaves Prayer

Rabia was one of the great saints of Islam. The little girl Rabia was kidnapped and sold as a slave for a paltry sum of six dirhams. She was constantly ill-treated by her master who was cruel to her beyond words. She had to toil and labour the whole

Kagawa – The Gandhi Of Japan

Kagawa, the great spiritual leader of Japan, lay in a hospital, threatened with total blindness. He spent months in a dark room with thick bandages covering his eyes. And when they said to him, “Your health is gone, your sight is gone. Are you not afraid of approaching death?” He

United We Win

A sparrow once laid her eggs on the seashore. Soon the babies hatched. But a very high tide carried the babies into the sea. The mother sparrow cried all day long. Then all the sparrows gathered together and decided, “Let’s fill in the sea with sand and rescue the

Manage Your Thoughts

The Master was sitting near a pond one day when a young man with a troubled look upon his face, approached him. “Join me if you like.” The Master walked to the edge of a still pond, framed by sycamore trees, their leaves golden orange and about to fall. “Please

The Eternal Protector

A dark street in a small town in India was notorious for being frequented by looters, muggers and rapists. Ruma was to cross this street at 9.00 pm tonight. Holding her heart in her mouth, she entered the first stretch, with cold feet, fearing the worst. Praying to her

The Fruits Of Effort

Once a Sadhu went to stay in a rich man’s house. During the course of conversation, the rich man boasted, “Sir, in the present life, I have accumulated so many punyas (good deeds), that in the next birth, I will be placed high in life.” Looking at the Sadhu’