Enlight Light the lamp of wisdom One sadhaka (spiritual seeker), striving for knowledge of the Divine, wanted his eyes of wisdom to be opened. He came to the cave where the guru lived. Upon entering, he saw a faint light, but as he m... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Right of the saints Once upon a time, the Indian sage Narada was walking to a place of pilgrimage - to the temple of the god Vishnu. One childless family sheltered him for the night. The next morning the owner turned to ... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Maya One day Narada said to Krishna: - Lord, show me Maya. Several days passed, and Krishna invited Narada to travel with him to the desert. After walking a few miles he said: - Narada, I’m thirsty; can yo... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Guru's Grace Brings Eternal Glory The great guru Shankara had four main disciples: Trotaka, Hastamalaka, Sureshvara and Padmapada. Of these, Padmapada only wanted to serve the teacher and did not pay attention to classes. Other studen... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Twenty-four Avadutta Gurus Maharaja Yadu, the founder of the Yadava dynasty into which Sri Krishna Bhagavan was born, once met Avadutta Swami. Wise, intelligent and a dharma scholar that he was, Yadu noticed the man and his beh... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Is it time to bother me? There lived a great scientist who sang prayers in the morning for three, four, five hours straight. And this went on for years. He was a great scholar, a great Sanskrit scholar, a very educated man. F... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Rama accepts everyone God is so merciful that He will take ten steps towards you if you take only one towards Him. Ravana's brother, the rakshasa demon Vibhishana, wanted to find out from Hanuman whether Rama would accept ... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Forgive people One day Prahlada experienced God. The Lord told him that he could ask for whatever he wanted and He would give it to him. Prahlada replied: - If I see You, what more could I want? The Lord repeated to... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Curiosity and Faith One day, a certain bhakta (walking the path of Divine Love) wanted to cross the sea. Vibhishana, whom he approached for help, had a palm leaf on which was written the name of God. Bhakta did not know ... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Devotion of the gopis The highest type of bhakti (devotional service) resides in the hearts of the cowherd girls (gopis). An example is Neeraja. When she came to Vrindavan from a distant village as the bride of a shepherd,... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight One faithful student is better than a thousand hesitant ones It is known that the king of Mithila, Janaka, while fulfilling his worldly duties, such as governing the kingdom and caring for the needs of his subjects, found the opportunity to turn his thoughts en... Parables Vedic Parables
Enlight Know the one It was early morning. The trees were bathed in the morning sun and the birds were singing. In the house of the great Brahmin Udalaki, a disciple of the famous Master Yajnavalkya, they celebrated the r... Parables Vedic Parables
