Priya Sanjay Tandon

The ancient sages regarded sense-control as a form of penance. Disciplining of senses calls for an understanding of how the senses function. A Christian priest learnt a lesson in sense control from the driver of a horse carriage in which he was travelling. The priest noticed that the driver was

There was a woodcutter, once who collected and bundled a heavy load of fuel one day, since he needed extra money that day. On the jungle track, he waited long for someone who could help to lift the load on his head. Pining over his tragic poverty he cursed his

Ramdas of Bhadhrachalam used to write on palm leaves hundreds of songs on his favorite Deity, Rama; the leaves accumulated into a gigantic pile. One day, Ramdas stood by its side and wondered, “Am I the fellow who wrote all this? Did I write them for my satisfaction or for

In South India, in Tamil Nadu, there was a certain Adigal or Dasa (servant of God), in a village named Thangalur. He heard of the spiritual grandeur of Saint Appar and developed great admiration for him. He built rest houses in his name; named his children after him so that

During the Second World War, a steamer carrying Indian Sepoys (Soldiers) was bombed by the Japanese and it was sunk. Many lost their lives. Only five men managed to row their life-boat and hoped to have a chance to survive, in spite of the surging ocean. They were tossed about

One evening Lord Krishna took Arjuna far out of Dwaraka City and while they were alone together, He pointed at a bird flying over their head and asked him “Arjuna, isn’t that a dove?” Arjuna agreed; he said it was a dove. Suddenly, Krishna turned towards him and said,