Small Stories Archive

This parable told by Swami in Chinna Katha narrates an incident that happened when Sri Rama was engaged in a fierce battle against demon Ravana at Lanka. One day, when the battle for the

The following story is narrated by Bhagavan Baba to illustrate to His students the importance of eating satwic food prepared in satwic conditions.   I shall tell you now of an incident that happened eighty

Once a mendicant with tattered clothes, unkempt hair, and dirty body, came and stood at the threshold of Chaitanya’s room and was meditating with closed eyes. On seeing him, Chaitanya came out and asked

Swami says that people ask how can they find time for namasmarana (repeating the name) when they have to work day and night to earn enough to feed and clothe themselves. But do not

The remarkable girl who would marry none but the Lord Andal is one of the most extraordinary personalities in religious history. She is known in her native tongue of Tamil as an Alvar, one

Here is a funny incident of how one of Sathya’s teachers once got stuck to the chair on which he was sitting. It so happened that one-day Sathya was composing a melodious bhajan (hymn

Once it happened that Krishna, Balaram and Satyaki, who were little boys at the time, scarcely four or five years old, strayed into a thick jungle all alone, when darkness fell and there was

The day was fast approaching—November 20—Swami’s birthday celebration in New York. Among the many big things to take care of was this small one about making the entrance look beautiful and emanate an aura

The day was fast approaching—November 20—Swami’s birthday celebration in New York. Among the many big things to take care of was this small one about making the entrance look beautiful and emanate an aura