Rituals and Traditions
Long ago, a village in northern India was facing a severe rodent infestation, to counter the menace almost every house purchased cats at attractive prices. However, during the Ganesha Chaturthi – since the mouse (also a rodent) is considered a vehicle of Ganesha – the elders of the village decided …
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Anamika: The Lady Who Humbled a Great Sage
This story is a part of RISHI TALES (Volume 1) by U. Mahesh Prabhu with Foreword by Dr David Frawley. The book is available on Amazon.com for $9.99 and Amazon.in for INR 200.00 There was once a Rishi who was known for his deep and pious bearing. Having renounced the world and all …
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Hiss and Bite
This story is a part of RISHI TALES (Volume 1) by U. Mahesh Prabhu with Foreword by Dr David Frawley. The book is available on Amazon.com for $9.99 and Amazon.in for INR 200.00 There once was a vicious snake blessed with lethal venom; so terrified were people about this serpent that …
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Living In Fear
This story is a part of RISHI TALES (Volume 1) by U. Mahesh Prabhu with Foreword by Dr David Frawley. The book is available on Amazon.com for $9.99 and Amazon.in for INR 200.00 Long ago, somewhere on the banks of the river Ganga, there happened to be a small fortified …
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Wisdom tales: Helping the thankless
There once lived a man in a small village somewhere in Northern Gangetic Plain. Owing to his lethargic as well as careless attitude he would seldom keep any job. His family, owing to his joblessness, showed him no respect and in due time the man felt dejected and ventured deep …
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Meaningless Education
A decent young man who had hydrophobia wanted to learn swimming without getting into the water. So he approached several swimming coaches. “There’s no way you can learn swimming without getting into water.” he was told. “But I can pay you…” he asserted with his bloated ego. While many shrugged …
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Deeds versus Creed
Once, two friends were walking towards a brothel when they heard some people reciting Vedic hymns beautifully. “Come, friend,” said the one to the other, “let us hear the wisdom of Vedas.” So saying he went in and sat down. The second man peeped in for a while but entered …
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True Detachment
Long ago in a village somewhere in north India, a love story brewed between a young couple whose families were at loggerheads. Their love resulted in lust and eventually in a pregnancy. When the girl’s father found out he demanded to know who was responsible for it. The girl, out …
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Effects of attachment
A young lad in his twenties, frustrated with life, decided to take a vow of Sanyasa. He had nothing but loin cloths with him when he left for the woods to pursue deep meditation ,to practice Brahmacharya as well as Sanyasa – for the rest of his life. He promised …
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Circumstances or Choice? What makes us?
A drunkard and a fiend had two sons.Frequently, he would curse, abuse and beat his wife and kids. Time passed and the kids grew up. A family friend of theirs decided to visit both of the kids who lived in different places. He first went to the elder son; he did …
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