Spreading Guruhari Pappaji Maharaj's Teachings
Great Kings are great teachers. There was once such a King, his ministers had no unity amongst themselves. To teach them unity, the King commanded that a quiver full of arrows be bought to the court. When it arrived, he said, “anyone who can snap this whole quiver into two will be given my kingdom”. All the ministers, one
In a village lived several Patels. They were so foolish, they once thought to themselves that “for many years now, darkness at night time has slipped into our houses, lets keep a strict guard today and make sure darkness does not creep in.” In preparation, one Patel picked up a stick, another a washing pin, another a pestle or
In one of India’s little kingdoms of long ago, there lived a King who (like most of them) was fond of hunting in wild places. His Chief Advisor was a very intelligent man and also an optimistic one. He was famous for seeing the positive side if things. In fact, so strong was his habit of finding good in
There once lived a sheth who was a wealthy businessman. Next to him lived a poor man who sweated out his whole day in hard labour. In fact, his whole family, wife and children worked hard at menial jobs. After their daily supper, they would relax and pray to God, then retire comfortably to sleep. Next morning, they would
There once lived a wealthy sheth but he was a scrooge, mean and miserly. He never spent a rupee, never donated a paise, and always wore worn shoes and tattered clothes. One day he fell seriously ill and became bedridden. During his whole life, it was said, he had only one friend, his personal tailor. But unfortunately, he had died
Many people in india perform austerities to please God. A tapasvi was performing austerities under an ambali tree to please the Lord. He thought if he could please the Lord then he would earn His darshan. The tapasvi lived on leave and all day devoutly circumambulated the tree. Because of this continuous walking around the tree there was a
There was a very close friendship between a bumble bee and a worm. The bee once said to the worm “why do you live in muck and faeces? Come to my garden, there are roses and agaves and jasmines, you’ll be thrilled by their fragrance”. Worm gave it serious thought. “I’ll go and visit his garden, but what if
There was once a brahmin. He was a sincere devotee of the Lord. Every Poonam, he would walk to Dwarka and have darshan of Lord Krishna in the temple there. One Poonam, a rich sheth gave the Brahmin a basketful of one hundred mangoes, saying he should offer the mangoes on his behalf to the Lord’s murti in
A horse once had a dream. In his dream he had an accident and broke his leg. Long after waking, the horse remained sitting down because he was convinced that his leg was injured. Nothing was wrong, except that his dream had carried a great impact on his thinking. Even when forced to stand up, he stood steady on three
There was an imposter Guru, he regularly faked samadhi and fooled innocent people in every village. When someone asked him, “O master, can you tell me where my father has gone after his death?” The Guru would boast of his powers saying, “wait, I’ll go into deep samadhi and search for him”. Then he would stage a show of
The snake charmer moved from village to village to entertain folks with his acrobatic team of a monkey, a snake and a goat. Once, while wading across a river, he balanced the snake basket on his head, sat the monkey on his shoulder and guided the goat with his hand. The water level was low, but there flowed a
There was once a brahmin. He began to study Sanskrit, but he didn’t have a very good memory. He could never memorize anything, he would try , but then he would quickly forget. One day, he filled a large bowl with sesame seeds, next to this he placed a gourd. Then he said a Sanskrit word and put
A prince and the minister’s son were out hunting in the forests. Both were hungry and exhausted after a long days wondering. They found the cool shade of a tree and sat down to rest. Soon the prince fell asleep while the ministers son stayed awake and kept guard. A while later a snake slithered towards the prince.
A sparrow once laid her eggs on the shore. Soon they hatched. But a very high tide carried the babies into the sea. The mother sparrow cried all day long. Then all the sparrows gathered and decided, “lets fill in the sea with sand and rescue the babies”. Millions of sparrows came together, each one would dip its beak