Priya Sanjay Tandon

Once when sage Narada was proceeding to Vaikuntha, the abode of the Lord, he espied a yogi, who was engaged in severe ascetic practices. The yogi prayed to Narada to bring back from Vaikuntha information about the date of his becoming entitled to entry there- into. When he stood in

Once there was a king who had presented his daughter, the princess, with a beautiful diamond necklace. The necklace was stolen and his people in the kingdom searched everywhere but could not find it. Some said a bird may have stolen it. The king then asked them all to search

A devotee of Hanuman was once driving a cartload of grain to the market. On the way, the wheel got stuck and the card could not be drawn forward by the bullocks. The cart slanted too far to one side and the bags fell on the ground. The devotee sat

A wicked man once went to a preceptor for initiation into spiritual life. The Guru asked him to give up at least one of his bad habits; he gave up uttering falsehood. That night, when he went to the Royal palace to commit theft, he found on the terrace another

Kuchela went to Lord Krishna to ask for many material gifts. But on seeing the Divine face of Krishna, he forgot all his desires. On his return to his native village he found that big mansions had sprung up at the spot of his old dwelling. His wife came out,

Learn a lesson from the stream. It rushes to the hollows, never to the heights. Bend before the lowly, the humble, the godly, the good; don’t bend before the proud, the promoters of hate and greed. Learn the lesson in selfless service, forbearance, tolerance from the tree. Determination is