Enlight Selfishness and God are incompatible There is one small story in the Mahabharata. In order to attract Krishna to her, Satyabhama, one of His wives, went to Narada and asked him to show her the easiest and fastest way by which she could a... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight I am you and you are me Ramachandra (an incarnation of God) once asked his great associate Hanuman: - My son, in what respect do you view me? The companion replied: - When I think of myself as incarnate, I am Your servant an... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Perfect concentration In those distant times, the highest meaning of learning was the desire to free oneself from selfishness and egoism, which blocked a person’s opportunity to enter the subtle spheres of intuitive knowle... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight God has no specific form One artist traveled a lot around the world and became widely famous. But he could not find the way to Krishna, although he really wanted to get His recognition. For this purpose, he asked Krishna for ... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight The power of maya Once Vishnu, incarnated as a wild boar, destroyed demons. But, having destroyed them, he did not want to return to heaven and wanted to live the life of a boar. He wanted to have children and be happy... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight You have learned the truth In India there lived a holy man, a great sage named Vyasa. He is known as the author of Vedanta aphorisms. He himself did not quite achieve the goal, but his son Shuka was born perfect. Vyasa taught h... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Unique values of humanity During the battle of Kurukshetra, which lasted eighteen days, Vyasa was tormented by remorse, since he was related to both warring parties. Therefore, he was unable to look at the fratricide. One of t... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Two sentences Once upon a time, King Yudhishthira, when he was still a boy, was studying in a gurukul. And an inspector came to the school. He began to ask the students, and everyone vying with each other talked ab... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Winner There is a wonderful story in the Rig Veda about a woman Master. It dates back to an era when women were free and had equal rights with men. There were few female Masters in the world: Garji, Rabia, S... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Come tomorrow One day a poor brahmana came to the court of Dhammaraja, the eldest of the Pandavas, and asked to help him celebrate his daughter’s wedding. Dhammaraja promised to give him everything he needed, but t... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Blessings One saint gave out his blessings to different people. He met the boy prince first. He told him: “Raja Putra, my dear prince, Charanjiva - never die, live forever.” Then he saw one brahmacharya, a disc... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Self-abasement is selfishness Krishna once pretended to have a headache—a severe, unbearable headache! He played this role extremely believably. He tied a warm scarf around his head and tossed restlessly on the bed. His eyes were ... Parables Vedic Parables
