There was a great sage in India called Vyasa. This Vyasa is known as the author of the Vedanta aphorisms, and was a holy man. His father had tried to become a very perfect man and had failed. His grandfather had also tried and failed. His great-grandfather had similarly tried and …

I will relate to you a very ancient story from the Chhandogya Upanishad, which tells how knowledge came to a boy. The form of the story is very crude, but we shall find that it contains a principle.
A young boy said to his mother, “I am going to study the Vedas. …

One day Govinda Singh asked his teacher Guru  Nanak about the importance of the Guru. “The
better you become as a disciple, the better you will understand about the Guru,” replied Nanak. He
then gave a jewel to him and asked him to take it to the market to get it priced by various people and
then bring …

Some devotees came to Kabir one day and asked him, “Who is a true disciple?” Kabir called his son
and foremost disciple, Kamal. “I have dropped my spindle while weaving. Bring me a lamp so that I
can find it.” It was broad daylight yet Kamal brought a lamp without questioning. “Kamal, today
many devotees will be coming …

Gauba was an illiterate and voracious boy who loved a kind of sweet called puranpoli. He used to
nag his poor, widowed mother for the sweets all of the time. Finally, out of disgust and desperation,
she took him to the house of the great saint Eknath and requested him to look after the boy
and told him …

The sage Dhaumya of Mahabharata fame was the high priest of the Pandavas. He had a big ashram
and many disciples. Many children were sent there to study. Regular classes were held and most of the
children were asked to attend. But there were two  who were entrusted with other jobs and did not
attend the classes. These …

Once there was a man who searched the whole world to find a Perfect Guru. But, unfortunately he
could not find one. All were either greedy, deceivers, fools or madmen. Finally he did find one
who fulfilled all his expectations. A friend of his asked him, “What made you decide that he was
perfect?” He replied, “Oh, after …

Story of Child Shravana

Childhood of Rama

Rama Marries Sita

Rama To Become The King

Queen Kaikeyi Sends Rama to Forest!

Sita and Laxmana Decide To Go With Rama

Rama Banished to Forest

Story of Adivasi Chief Guha

Story of Bharata – Ramayana

Life In Forest and Story of Shurpankha

Story of Shurpankha

King Ravana of Lanka

Ravana Plans Abduction of Sita The Story of Golden Deer

Story …

Long ago, nobody knows when, in the ancient kingdom of Ayodhya, there ruled a powerful but noble and wise king, King Dasharatha. He belonged to the Raghu dynasty where “keeping promises was cherished as more important than life itself”. It was all too well known a fact that his forefathers had sacrificed their lives for …

King Dasharatha had three wives, namely Kausalya, Sumitra, and Kaikeyi. The queens were beautiful, royal, graceful, and faithful to the king. Simplicity, selflessness, modesty, and willingness to sacrifice their everything for the king and the kingdom all such virtues, typical of Indian Womanhood, were embodied in them. They never complained about inconvenience, suffering, pain, and …